Watching Tie Berlin draw the red line of the encirclement of the Southwest Province, Tie Yuzhu, the governor of the Southwest Province, knew that his son's worries were justified. There is no one in the south who will be the opponent of this East China army, and judging from the current situation of the development of the war. The unification of the East China Army in the south is almost a foregone conclusion, whether to be a trapped beast or take the initiative to surrender, what will be the treatment before and after, how can Tie Yuzhu, the old warlord, not know?

Looking at his son Tie Berlin's heroic appearance, Tie Yuzhu also sighed that he, the commander of the new army of the previous dynasty, is indeed old now. The era of a generation of new people replacing the old is coming, maybe now that the power is handed over to his son, it is unknown whether his Tie family can continue to be in power in the southwest!

Thinking about these iron jade pillars clearly, he looked at these old brothers under him, and said very seriously: "Just now, Berlin also analyzed the current situation with you, and the unification of the South by the East China Army is almost a foregone conclusion. Or do you prepare in advance, maybe you can get a good start and a good end?

I have decided that from now on, all important military and political affairs in the southwest province will be handled by Berlin, and I, the governor, will personally send instructions to Xu Bin. Willing to join the East China Army and fight together against Caiyun Dao, which caused chaos in the southwest. As for who will take over the Southwest Road in the future, if he Xu Bin is really a hero, I believe that he will not be stingy with the post of governor.

I also hope that you brothers will be as loyal to Berlin as they have been to me. In any case, the Southwestern Province must be controlled by the Southwesterners themselves. I don't want to push Southwest Road, which has been getting a little better, to the brink of war again. Do you have any comments on my decision? ”

This is to take the shame and the glory to the son! Faced with such a prudent decision by his father, Tie Berlin was moved but shook his head and said: "Father, forgive me for refuting you unreasonably, the military power in the southwest may be controlled by Marshal Xu for our Tie family." But civil affairs will definitely not, and it will be controlled by us southwesterners.

Judging from the current three paths of the revolutionary army controlled by Xu Bin. They seem to be separating the military from the government again. If we don't want to be falsely accused and framed in the future, the best way is to give up some government affairs and win Xu Bin's trust. With this sincerity, coupled with the right of government affairs that we have given up, I believe that he will not do anything to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

If we say that we are sincere, and we want to manage the army and the people, if you are Xu Bin, I am afraid that you will not be at ease, right? What's more, I personally think that although the livelihood economy of Southwest Province has improved greatly under my father's management for many years, it can be compared with the lives of the people of several provinces under Xu Bin's rule. We can say that it is much worse.

It is not known that if you give up some civil powers, you will get more benefits. After all, father, you have taught me before, there are some things that can only be obtained if you give up! ”

After listening to Tie Berlin's analysis, Tie Yuzhu also felt that the older he was, the more confused he became, if it was a simple thing, why didn't he think of it? But. Seeing that his son already had the courage he had back then, Tie Yuzhu was not only angry. On the contrary, I am happy. Several old ministers of the Southwest Province who have been following him. Looking at Tie Berlin's face, there was also a little more appreciation.

With the final decision, when the Shu Han Army and the Caiyun Army, which were fought by the two main forces of the East China Army, were defeated and retreated, the telegram of Tie Yuzhu, the governor of the Southwest Province, undoubtedly made many Longhua governors a little dumbfounded. You must know that among the three southwestern provinces, the strength of the southwest province can be said to be the strongest.

As a result, he took the initiative to surrender before the battle was fought. Undoubtedly, it also made many people understand that the unification of the South by the East China Army was almost a foregone conclusion. Even Shijie countries, which have consulates stationed in Longhua, have also issued testimonials that the person who will unify Longhua in the future must be Xu Bin, the commander-in-chief of the East China Army, who is not more than 30 years old.

Facing the surrender of Southwest Province. Situ Baili, who was discussing the battle ahead with Xu Bin, said with a smile: "This iron old buckle, this time it is rare to be generous, it seems that this old thing is not old and confused." Knowing that at this time, you will inevitably give a lot of benefits! This old buckle of the iron abacus is really called a fine! ”

In this regard, Xu Bin shook his head and said: "This decision was not made by Tie Yuzhu, according to the news from the Southwest Office of our Intelligence Department. After this telegram was issued, the Southwest Army had already begun to elect a new military commander. It is the son of this Tie Yuzhu, Tie Berlin, who has just turned 35 this year, this high-achieving student who studied at the Debang Army Academy back then, has the style of the former Tie Yuzhu.

If it weren't for the fact that our East China Army was big, I dare to guarantee that the future unification of the southwest would probably be this Iron Berlin. This son's leadership and ability to govern the army are no worse than Qingyun! can surrender such a military talent, and there will be two cutting-edge generals in our East China Army in the future! ”

Hearing Xu Bin give such high praise to his son, Situ Baili shook his head and said, "Qingyun's kid is still not as good as this Tie Berlin." Judging from the combat methods of the two, Qingyun likes to use strange tricks more, and Tie Berlin undoubtedly learned the rigor and seriousness of the German Army's operations. If the two really meet on the battlefield, I think it will be Qingyun's child who will be defeated. ”

For Situ Qingyun, the eldest son, he is undoubtedly the only child of the Situ family who is currently in the army. Situ Qingyun, who is now fighting behind enemy lines, also serves as the commander of an independent division of the Volunteer Army, and his soldiers will also be more than 3,000 people. has grown to a scale of nearly 10,000 people today, and he is also a brave and warlike general in the Beiyi Volunteer Army!

Faced with Situ Baili's evaluation of his son, Xu Bin didn't say much, after all, he also knew it. If Situ Qingyun and Tie Berlin face each other on the battlefield, and the two of them have the same strength and configuration to fight Zuihou, it is estimated that it will be one and a half catties and one eight taels. But in the end, it must have been Tie Berlin, who was also famous for his defensive operations in the southwest.

Thinking of this, Xu Bin asked: "Since the Southwest Army has surrendered, then we must always express it." Since you and Tie Yuzhu are old acquaintances, I will trouble you to run this time. Tell Tie Yuzhu that I accept his surrender, but I don't want to be a vegetarian either. His son was still young, and his position as the commander of an army was a bit too conspicuous.

If he is really capable, I will give him the post of commander of the reinforced division, which can command 22,000 men. In the future, the Southwest Army will be reorganized into the Ninth Army of the East China Army, and the commander will be Tie Yuzhu for the time being. As for this political officer, you should go to the southwest to see if there is a suitable candidate.

If not, one of the government officials in our performance appraisal rankings will be drawn from there. In addition, this time you go to the southwest and bring one of the main divisions of the Second Army over. Let them see, what is meant by regularized troops.

In addition, after you arrive in the southwest, you don't need to rush back, just use it as a command headquarters to command the specific operations of the three southwest provinces. When the war in the southwest is settled, you bring Tie Berlin back, and I want to talk to him personally to see if this person can really be subdued, or if he is a person who has the ambition of a wolf son who does not say anything. ”

Seeing that the Tie family seems to really regard Southwest Road as their own backyard, Xu Bin, who has the heart to change this style of family rule, naturally does not want to see a fire in his backyard in the future. Therefore, he can accept the surrender of the South West Province, but the prerequisite is that the proposal must be made on the basis of loyalty to him.

If you want to eat him, use him, wear his zuihou and raise troops against him, such people will undoubtedly be wiped out and executed as soon as possible. has been in the position of governor for so long, and the temperament of the superior who kills decisively is also undoubtedly revealed in Xu Bin. This is also the iron-blooded quality that a person in power must have.

Situ Baili, who understood that Xu Bin was very necessary to do this, did not say anything, and soon received an order to take a main division of Li Chengbing's division of the Second Army to take the railway from Gannan to Donghu. After getting in touch with the Southwest Army, he stepped into the territory controlled by the Southwest Army.

When the Second Army and the First Division led by Situ Baili appeared in front of Guiyang City, the capital of the southwest, he looked at tens of thousands of people standing there. There was not the slightest noise, and every officer and soldier could keep the same pace when walking, and even the cannon pulled behind them looked equally solemn and abnormal. The senior military and political officials of Southwest Province who came out to greet them really understood what it meant to be a strong army.

Even Tie Berlin, who was dedicated to the 1st Division of the Southwest Army built by the German Army, as the division commander, also sighed that this was the army he wanted to command. It seems that this time he chose to surrender to the East China Army and decided to really do the right thing. Otherwise, with the current Southwest Army, it seems to be nearly 200,000 troops.

When encountering such a well-groomed East China Army, I am afraid that people only need to use one army to almost sweep them away. Not to mention, the artillery regiment of the 1st Division brought by Situ Baili was equipped with 150 caliber howitzers. There is no one in the southwest of this thing, and the two armies really want to fight. There is no need to face to face, people will only use this kind of shelling, and the southwest army will suffer heavy losses.

People with a little experience in leading troops know that the army in front of them is not an embroidered pillow, and if they want to play a set in front of them and a set behind their backs, they are afraid that there is no way. Fortunately, Tie Yuzhu has realized that the rise of the East China Army is irreversible. Therefore, when he heard that the person sent by the East China Army was Situ Baili, an old acquaintance of the year. I also think that the young Xu Bin, who is not like words, is really a wonderful person. Sending this Confucian to deal with his old buckle in the future, it's really hard to deal with!

The two parties inevitably shook hands cordially in front of the army, and as for Tie Yuzhu, he was also very neat, directly with the military salute in the crusade army back then. saluted the regimental commander who led him for a period of time, so much so that he still did not forget the comrade-in-arms between the two in the army back then. In this regard, Situ Baili naturally understands that this old buckle is nothing more than a set.

But before he came, Xu Bin's conditions had been decided, and all he could do was to fight for Xu Bin's interests, and it was impossible to destroy the overall situation of the entire East China Army because of a little personal relationship.

You must know that for the expectation that the East China Army can dominate Longhua in the future, Situ Baili can be regarded as the most urgent one. Now that he finally sees a little hope, how can he destroy his lifelong dream for the sake of a little so-called friendship? (To be continued......)