Chapter 941: Coordination is Difficult (2)

Tang Qiu left this trip south, from Guangxi to Guangdong, what he saw along the way, made him worried, the situation in the Liangguang and Yunnan-Guichuan regions was worrying, and after a few days of depression, he finally had a new idea, this idea is to build on the premise of independent division troops, do not enter the above-mentioned areas, try to integrate local troops, form a unified joint force, resist the Japanese army's imminent attack, in a word, the union will benefit both sides, and divide will be defeated, somewhat alarmist, the south has not yet tasted a trace of gunpowder.

Although the starting point is good, it is difficult to say whether these local princes appreciate it, under the circumstances of Chairman Jiang's many years of suppression and exerting all his skills, the local princes, more cunning than foxes, can stand in the unpredictable wind and rain of the Republic of China, standing to this day, that is not a fuel-efficient lamp, a piece of paper, saying that it is difficult to move them to hold this meeting.

At the end of his telegram to everyone, however, Tang Qiuli solemnly stated that if the military and political governor of the province did not attend the meeting, he would be regarded as the person listed in the telegram and would lose control over the situation in the province, and he himself would consider having an independent division take over all the defense affairs of the province, and even all civil affairs.

This hand is very powerful, however, there is also the possibility of public anger, but Tang Qiuli can't care so much, sure enough, as Tang Qiuli expected, the first reaction of the local bigwigs who received the telegram is, this strong Vice Chairman Tang, do you have to attack yourself? Although it is not explicitly stated, the hundreds of thousands of troops placed around Liangguang and Yunnan-Guichuan are true.

After reading the last words of the telegram, I didn't want to mention how tired I was, but I still had to go, if I didn't go, I gave Tang Qiuli an excuse, what area to assist in defense, if you deceive children, before going to the meeting, the local bigwigs telegraphed frequently, discussed countermeasures, and finally, it was unanimously decided that this so-called five provinces to assist in defense, no matter what, can not be agreed, it's a big deal to break the net, open the fight, and Tang Qiuli have a bloody fight, it's better than letting others slaughter, when Lao Jiang didn't get a bargain, you Tang Qiuli didn't necessarily take advantage of it.

Xu Liejun, chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government, is the backbone of Chiang's faction, and after Wang Jialie was cleaned up by Chairman Chiang, he took over the local power and became the new emperor of Guizhou.

After receiving the telegram, Chairman Chiang was also confused, unable to understand the real purpose of Tang Qiuli convening such a meeting at this time, and after discussing with Yang Yongtai, Zhang Qun, Chen Cheng, and others, he came to the same conclusion as the local princes, and Tang Qiuli had ambitions and wanted to seize the above-mentioned areas.

As soon as the conclusion came out, Chairman Jiang was shocked, and was surprised that Tang Qiuli's appetite was too great, and he was not satisfied with being the king and hegemony in the north, and began to extend his hand to the southern region.

Chairman Jiang was in the mood to see a good show and paid close attention to the progress of the military conference of the five provinces, so Chairman Jiang said to Yang Yongtai, Zhang Qun and Chen Cheng, "Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Long Yun are not so easy to provoke, let Tang Qiu leave and touch this bad head, and ordered Xu Liejun to attend this meeting and report the content and results of the meeting in time, in addition, the central army is ready, Yue Jun, you go and talk to Liu Xiang, tell him, I am standing with him." ”

Sichuan Wang Liu Xiang's mood has not been very comfortable, promised the government to move the capital to Sichuan, the benefits are obvious, Sichuan's industry and commerce, unusually prosperous, followed by a large amount of silver, flowing into his own pocket, but later, as a large number of central troops continue to enter Sichuan, fighting for territory, occupying towns, the space of the Sichuan army, was gradually compressed.

In a corner of Sichuan, feeding so many troops, nòng is not good, the silver that was originally eaten has to be spit out, this is Liu Xiang can not bear it, the government has a vague anti-guest trend, Liu Xiang is at a loss, can he be in a good mood? Regarding the joint military meeting of the five provinces, Liu Xiang had a dispensable attitude and was not very interested.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, for Tang Qiuli's military meeting, the deepest fear, vaguely smelled from it what they thought was dangerous, among the five provinces, Guangxi is the strongest, if the defense is assisted, the Gui family will pay a lot more than other princes, for this, Li Bai and the two believe that it is Tang Qiuli who took the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Gui family.

As for Tang Qiuli's assertion that the Japanese want to make a move in the Liangguang region, the two of them did not believe it at all, there will always be a sign of war, and the current situation, where can you see a little gunsmoke, it cannot be Tang Qiuli to create momentum for the realization of his own plan, whether it is the Central Army or the independent division troops, which one wants to enter Guangxi, it is absolutely impossible to agree.

Li Bai and the others made up their minds, Bai Chongxi participated in the so-called five-province joint defense military conference, Li Zongren sat in Guangxi, echoing each other from afar, and moreover, the search and arrest and removal of the Japanese spies buried in Guangxi had not yet ended, and as for Yu Hanmou in Guangdong, he was the least powerful to argue with Tang Qiuli.

Since borrowing the hand of Chairman Jiang and squeezing out the old governor Chen Jitang, most of Yu Hanmou's jīng power has been used to digest Chen Jitang's old forces, so to speak, until now, Yu Hanmou's rule in Guangdong is still not firmly rooted, and if he is not careful, he will be knocked to the ground by the opposition forces and take away his head.

Therefore, Yu Hanmou was the most active responder to this meeting, and he also wanted to use other local forces to stabilize his rule in Guangdong, and he was most afraid that Tang Qiuli would send the troops of the independent division to Guangdong under the pretext that the situation in Guangdong was out of control.

As for what the telegram said, it was to jointly resist the imminent attack of the Japanese, he was more than Li Bai and the others did not believe it, pacifying the internal opposition forces in Guangdong, which had already made him anxious, and that he had the heart and strength to pay attention to the Japanese thousands of miles away, and the attitude of Wang Longyun of Yunnan was rather ambiguous, and the geographical location of Yunnan was destined not to bear the brunt of the attack by the Japanese, and Long Yun was full of vigilance against any external forces, whether it was Chairman Chiang or Vice Chairman Tang, so for this joint defense military meeting of the five provinces, Long Yun's purpose is to bring only ears and no mouth.

Leaving Yunan, Tang Qiuli ordered all the troops to gather together and march to Yunfu, more than 2,000 troops, all of them were cavalry, appeared in Yunfu County, which immediately caused panic in the whole city, and the residents did not understand that it was the military head who occupied here.

Every time, the people of Yunfu County will suffer once, and the military leaders also know that they will not be able to occupy this place for a long time, and they will be beaten out by another force, so they are desperately trying to collect the people's wealth, expropriate and expropriate, and can't wait to turn Yunfu County upside down, squeeze out every hard-earned money of the people, and put it into their own pockets.

At this time, Tang Qiuli rode a horse on the only street in the county, looking at the residents' dodging and frightened eyes, his heart was very heavy, as the county seat, dilapidated to this kind of Cheng dù, which surprised him.

Guangdong was originally the first to open up, facing the sea, with many ports, and it was also one of the few most prosperous places in the Republic of China, but along the way, there was no prosperity at all, and Guangxi could not be compared at all.

A few days later, several bigwigs who were worried about their hearts rushed to Yunfu with their noses, perhaps for the sake of safety, everyone brought no less than one regiment of guard soldiers, except for Bai Chongxi, the guard unit with him, less than a battalion of troops, it seems that this little Zhuge is full of confidence, the small county town of Yunfu has been overcrowded for a long time.

In order to prevent the soldiers from disturbing the people and making matters worse for the already poor people of Yunfu, Tang Qiuli organized several pickets to patrol the streets day and night.

On the day when several local bigwigs arrived, the pickets detained dozens of soldiers who harmed the people, according to the discipline of the independent division, they were all enough to be shot, but the mountain tigers couldn't, so they had to teach a lesson and let them go, and they had to go back, these soldiers who had been detained by the pickets complained to their respective bosses about the reversal of black and white, and the matter was reflected in the bigwigs who participated in the military meeting.

These bigwigs are very disapproving, how can there be a reason to be a soldier and not rob the people, Tang Qiuli is trying to use this matter to establish his authority, and it also implies the meaning of oppressing himself, but unfortunately, they are all old rivers and lakes, such a small trick has been played decades ago, and the surname Tang is not afraid of making people laugh? If you have a few more soldiers, we'll be a little worried.

More than 2,000 people, it can't be a big deal, some of the original worries have come to naught, and the constraints on his subordinates are even more lenient, Tang Qiuli's order to Shanhu is that as long as law and order is maintained, no soldiers brought by the princes must be shot, Shanhu pinched his nose and agreed, although he was blown up many times a day, he could only temporarily make a cameo appearance as the instructor's horn, focusing on persuasion and education.

These few people who are full of wrong thoughts, get together, coupled with the contradiction between the soldiers and the pickets tomorrow, and rise to the level of anger, the result of the meeting can be imagined, Tang Qiuli also understands in his heart, it is just a matter of doing his best.