Chapter 224: Preparing for the Southwest

In the autumn of the 15th year of the Longhua calendar, Xu Bin, then the commander-in-chief of the East China Army, issued a telegram that the former commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army, the governor of Nanbin and western Guizhou and southern Fujian, and the prime minister of Longhua, Guo Tianyou, died of illness in the Nanbin Governor's Mansion at the age of 58. In the areas controlled by the East China Army, flags were lowered at half-mast to show mourning, and at the same time, their bodies were buried in the Nanbin Martyrs Cemetery with the ceremony of a state funeral.

As soon as this telegram came out, countless Longhua people regretted it, once upon a time, this revolutionary leader who overthrew the last dynasty of Longhua. It has to be said that it is a pity to die so young!

Especially when Guo Tianyou was alive, the governors who had verbally attacked him also felt guilty and sent messages of condolence. As for Li Shichang, who has been anxious recently, he also announced that the flag would be lowered at half-mast to commemorate the death of this revolutionary leader. It can be said that Guo Tianyou's death seems to have put an end to Longhua's early revolution. Where Longhua's fate will go next, maybe it really doesn't know.

Everyone knows that Xu Bin, who owns the land of the Eight Paths, has undoubtedly become the biggest warlord in Longhua Kingdom, and his strength is unrivaled in the south. It can be seen from the fact that the warlords of the governor who were in the periphery of the area under his control began to desperately unite and expand their armaments in private, and it can be seen that they are indeed afraid that Xu Bin will take action against them.

It's just that after Xu Bin presided over Guo Tianyou's funeral, in order to make Mrs. Kuang's family less sad to see things and think about people, Xu Bin also asked Kuang Wenjing's opinion. In the end, it was decided to live with the family and move the family to Gannan. As for his marriage to Guo Wenjing, it will also be handled after three years of filial piety in accordance with the Longhua national ceremony. In this regard, Xu Bin also gladly accepted.

Xu Bin, the defense of southern Fujian, was finally handed over to Chen Mingyang to be in charge of the management, but Chen Mingyang was more responsible for the affairs of the army, and the affairs of the military government were entrusted to a member of the People's Party from southern Fujian. This is also a precursor to Xu Bin's preparation for the implementation of the separation of military and political affairs.

The same thing was true, Xu Bin, the military chief of Nanbin, appointed Du Wenlong, and the chief of political affairs appointed a senior senator who had been in charge of government affairs for many years. on this. Du Wenlong also has no opinion, for him, there is only one thing left now, that is, to fulfill the last wish of the handsome man Tianyou, unify Longhua and achieve a republic.

The military affairs of Guixi were also handed over to Wang Zhongzheng, and an official from the Senate of the Nanbin Revolutionary Army was appointed. For this arrangement, the revolutionary army can undoubtedly see that Xu Bin has done his best to them. The only difference is that in the next three affairs, there is an additional audit office.

This inspection office has the power to supervise and investigate violations of military and political affairs in various provinces. Of course. If there is a problem with the top military and political officials of the three provinces, the Supervision Office only has the power to report to Xu Bin, but not to investigate them. This is also to prevent the suspicion of power trading and retaliation between the three departments.

In the same way, as the military and political chiefs of the provinces, they also have the power to supervise whether the Audit Office is unfair. If they find out. If someone from the Supervision Office deliberately retaliates against something wrong, they can also report it to Xu Bin. The Governor's Office will send a special person to investigate and deal with it. At least they still believe it. Xu Bin is very fair and just.

Secondly, in addition, the three main forces of the revolutionary army have also officially changed their guards. This change of guard disrupted the original structure. But after the end of the change of guard, the three commanders all felt. They used to think that as an elite regimental unit, they were no match for these main regiments that had been transferred from other armies.

The same thing goes for it. Revolutionary officers and soldiers who were transferred from the three revolutionary armies to the remaining four places in Gannan. When I saw every exercise and competition in the army, the platoon was the first from the bottom. As a soldier's sense of honor, they are also gearing up to seize all the time to train, hoping to get rid of this penultimate title as soon as possible.

After seeing that the three military and political affairs under the new control were all normalized. The naval fleet stationed in Nanbin cooperated with the naval fleet in southern Fujian. Basically, it has been able to do it, ensure the safety of the coastal waters of the two places, and suppress the fleet of little devils stationed in Dongtai Port.

Xu Bin did not rush to recover Dongtai Port, but ordered two fleets. As long as the little devils don't stir up trouble, let them get away for the time being. At present, the main task of the East China Army is to carry out a war of domestic reunification. For other things, Xu Bin felt that he could put it aside for the time being. Of course, if the little devil provokes trouble, then there is no such thing as resolutely fighting back.

Just when all parties in Longhua were looking at the newly adapted East China Army and who they wanted to clean up next, Xu Bin took the Guo family with him. and the Guards Brigade that accompanied him in battle, and returned to the City of Heroes on a military train. For Guo Tianyou at the zuihou moment of his life, he entrusted the girl Guo Wenjing to Xu Bin to take care of. Xu Bin didn't forget to send a telegram to Bai Mulan to explain this matter!

I have long known that with Xu Bin's fame, Bai Mulan, who encountered this kind of thing, also generously accepted it. And when the Guo family arrived in Hero City, as the governor's wife, she personally picked up the car, which made Guo Wenjing have a little more affection for this sister who is two years older than her.

With Xu Bin returning to the Gannan Governor's Mansion, the first thing he did was not to talk about the pain of lovesickness with Bai Mulan, but to secretly assemble the troops under his control, Bai Diantang, who guarded Donghu Road, and Wang Erscar, who guarded Qianhu Road. Be ready to send troops to Shu Han Dao, this time he will capture Shu Han and Caiyun in one fell swoop.

The two army commanders, who had always thought that Xu Bin would definitely make a move, were undoubtedly the most excited after receiving the telegram. They organize troop training every day, isn't it for the purpose of fighting a war to unify Longhua Kingdom?

As the first Wang Erscar who took refuge in the Xu family army that year, he is now not only a lieutenant general, but also married two wives and gave birth to two sons and two daughters for him, which can be described as extremely beautiful. Changing to the bandit leader in the past, he didn't dare to imagine that there would be today's scenery. Who gave all this, he knew very well.

Originally, as the commander of an army, he could take his wife and children to his side, but in order to show loyalty. Wang Erscar usually asks one wife to come and live with the children for a while, and then replaces the other wife. Always guaranteed to have a wife who lives in the city of heroes. In this regard, Xu Bin said that he didn't have to do these things and believed in his loyalty, but Wang Erscar still put his wife and the children he gave birth to in the Hero City as always.

Every time he has time to go back to Hero City, he will take his wife and children to the Governor's Mansion to report as soon as possible, and at the same time, he can be said to be resolutely obedient to Xu Bin's orders. knows that he was born poor and has no cultural knowledge, and this old man who didn't know how to hold a pen before will now write a whole piece of family letters to his wife and children.

Therefore, his ability to sit firmly on the throne of this military commander is inseparable from his insistence on studying in private. At the same time, after the founding of the People's Party, he was also the first military general to respond to join. For him, no other people's orders will be justified, and only Xu Bin, the governor who is more than a round younger than him, is qualified to let him die.

This time, seeing that Xu Bin finally chose to let the first army led by him participate in the war, Wang Erscar was undoubtedly extremely excited. Of course, he knew that this kind of combat readiness meant that the war was imminent, and Wang Erscar, who was used to fighting raids. He also immediately summoned several of his generals to the military headquarters for a meeting, and at the same time talked to the officials in charge of government affairs to let them stock up on the food and grass needed by the army.

The same thing happened in the Fourth Army led by the White Palace. You must know that this attack on southern Fujian gave Li Chengbing the lead of the Second Army, and the rest of their commanders were very red-eyed. Now that the newly established East China Army is fighting for the first time, Bai Diantang asked himself to take the lead, firstly, to make new contributions to the Fourth Army, and secondly, to support his daughter's face.

Xu Bin will marry Wen Jing in three years, Bai Diantang naturally knows. He also knows that at present, many military commanders in the Xu family army still recognize that this eldest lady who has followed Xu Bin since the establishment of the Xu family army. But now that Xu Jiajun has become the East China Army, with more than 300,000 main forces, who the three army commanders will support, anyone with a discerning eye knows.

For this reason, only by making more meritorious contributions, Bai Diantang feels that his daughter's position can be preserved. Although Bai Mulan once said that Xu Bin is not that kind of person. But who can say what the future holds? Only with the power and soldiers in hand can the status of Bai Mulan's eldest lady in the future be guaranteed. Once Bai Mulan has a child in the future, it will be the heir in line!

Although there is no so-called emperor in Longhua at present, according to the rules of family inheritance, the eldest son taking over the power of the family is undoubtedly a common truth. Therefore, Bai Diantang felt that it was necessary for him to control more military power and strength for his future grandson, so as to pave the way for the future inheritance of this grandson who had not yet been seen.

After issuing the combat readiness order of the two armies, Xu Bin handed over all the affairs of entertaining the Guo family to Bai Mulan. He had said before that he was in charge of military and political affairs, and all the affairs in the backyard were handed over to Bai Mulan. He also wanted to see how Bai Mulan would handle it with a woman joining the backyard.

Although there is no need to consider this kind of problem, Xu Bin feels that there is a problem that can be detected as soon as possible and solved as soon as possible. He didn't want to face the trouble of restlessness in the backyard after he was done with his official business. Therefore, let these women learn to tolerate each other first, Xu Bin feels that it is also necessary.

After the telegram ended, Xu Bin found Situ Baili, who had been handling military and political affairs for him during this time. Tell him very clearly that he is going to move Shu Han and Caiyun. After taking these two roads, the southwest road is in the encirclement. If he doesn't take the initiative to join, then Xu Bin will also be unkind and take him as the target of the crusade.

After solving the three places in the southwest, Xu Bin's control area is undoubtedly most of the southern part of Longhua. In this way, if he wants to start unifying the country, he will have a stable rear. Therefore, it is very likely that this battle will be a battle for him, Zuihou who dealt with military affairs in the south.

At the same time, a large army was stationed in Caiyun Road, hoping to recapture Daman Road, which was currently colonized by the Eagle Kingdom and the French Alliance, after unifying Longhua in the future. Of course, this is just an assumption at present, Xu Bin will not go to the cheese of the Eagle Law in a short time, and the most important thing is to deal with the little devil first. (To be continued......)