In Chongqing, in one of Xiong Kewu's courtyards, Yang Du, who was about to become the director of the Southwest Expedition Battalion, was sitting in front of a military map and silently drinking hot tea, all of which were Haode Yunnan Pu'er tea.

Xiong Kewu and other Sichuan National Socialist Party members sat on the side and did not dare to chew their breath, for fear of disturbing this person's thinking. Originally, Xiong Kewu was not very interested in Yang Du, the remnant of Yuan Shikai's restoration, but all the actions of Tang Jiyao and the direction of the situation in the next place were all in the prediction of this Mr. Huizi, wasn't it Zhuge Liang at that time? Then what else to say, listen to him and follow the party.

After a long time, Yang Du still didn't speak, Xiong Kewu finally became anxious: "Mr. Huizi, you have to say something, if this continues, Luo Peijin will cut off our Sichuan army, and how can we bring Sichuan into the jurisdiction of our national government at that time." ”

Yang Du raised his head and smiled when he heard this: "Brother Jinfan, this matter, don't worry, I wasn't worried about whether Sichuan Zuihou could return to the embrace of the National Government just now, what I was thinking about just now was how to make the entire southwest easily return to the embrace of the National Government." So, don't worry about yourself, Keqiang Gong has been in poor health recently, and the chairman of the committee has asked a doctor to treat him, I mean you should enter the center as soon as possible, otherwise in the future, Sun Wenyi will be in power, but it will be Xie Zhi and Lu Chao and their industrial group. ”

Xiong Kewu nodded, the news that Huang Xing's life was not long was actually hidden from Nanjing and Wuhan. At the same time, Huang Xing wrote a letter of recommendation to Xiong Kewu, asking the cadres of the Nine-member Regiment to continue to follow Wang Longzhong and Wang Zhenyu's uncle and nephew in the future. Xiong Kewu can't see the situation clearly now, but it is impossible to follow Sun Wen no matter what. As for following the Wang family's uncle and nephew, Xiong Kewu probably knew in his heart that as long as he made a special contribution to the southwest issue this time, the Wang family's uncle and nephew would naturally have a place there. More importantly, the current Sichuan army itself is only a nominal boss, with less than half of its strength, and in the future when the army is reorganized, as long as he follows the right people, the brothers below will also be settled. Thinking about this, Xiong Kewu gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Huizi, if you have any good way, just explain, Jinfan will do it with all his might, this point is specially explained by Duke Keqiang, you can rest assured." ”

Yang Du nodded, put down the teacup, pointed to the map with his finger, and said with a bit of the taste of a general in a long shirt: "The key to the southwest problem is the Dian army. As long as Tang Jiyao is cleaned up, the rest of the problems will be easy to handle, and it is estimated that Guizhou will also be annexed. ”

Xiong Kewu shook his head: "We also know the truth, but it's too difficult to clean up Tang Jiyao, don't look at our Sichuan army has five divisions, but it's probably very difficult to deal with Luo Peijin and their three divisions, not to mention that there is still a Guizhou army in Sichuan at the moment." To put it mildly, let's not talk about who to clean up, it's good not to be cleaned up. ”

Yang Du thought for a while and said: "Jinfan, you are too pessimistic, the matter is not as serious as you think, and I don't plan to let your Sichuan army go fishing, your characters are bait, just lure the Yunnan army to take the bait." ”

When Xiong Kewu heard this, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Huizi has any clever plans, let's hear about it." ”

Yang Du smiled: "Some things don't work when you say it, you do what I say, and the next thing will be smooth......"

On October 10, Xiong Kewu, the governor of Sichuan Province concurrently served as the envoy of Chongqing Town, and Xiong Kewu, commander-in-chief of the Yasukuni Sichuan Army, sent a telegram to the whole country, and Sichuan Province was attached to the Nanjing Nationalist Government from now on. At the same time, in the name of the Sichuan Nationalist Government, he ordered Luo Peijin of the First Army of the Yasukuni Army and Dai Kanbu of the First Army of the Yasukuni Guizhou Army to be reorganized by the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, otherwise they would be regarded as rebels.

Tang Jiyao in Kunming and Luo Peijin in Chengdu reacted almost exactly the same when they saw this power-on, and they both laughed angrily.

Tang Jiyao immediately dismissed Xiong Kewu from all his posts in the name of the commander of the Southwest Military Government, declared his troops to be rebels, and ordered the men and horses of Dai Kanluo Peijin to immediately crusade against Xiong Kewu, and there must be no mistakes.

Luo Peijin was also angry and stupid, and immediately organized an army to prepare for an attack. In contrast, the reaction of the Qianjun was a little weird, Liu Xianshi did not respond, but just urged all parties in Sichuan to maintain the peaceful situation in Sichuan and not start the war lightly. And the Dai Kan Department, which was stationed on the Sichuan-Guizhou border, did not see any news come out, and the hot-brained Luo Peijin actually ignored this unreasonable phenomenon.

If the Yunnan army knew the latest situation in Chongqing, it is estimated that they would not be so anxious to come to crusade against Xiong Kewu, but should immediately gather their soldiers and horses and obediently return to Yunnan, relying on the geographical advantage to defend it, maybe there is still some hope. But this is what Yang Du doesn't want to see, so this time the military operation in the southwest is a bit of a thief.

Li Zongren had already arrived in Chongqing on October 7, and the 100,000 troops originally used by Jihua for Pingchuan had been assembled in Yichang since the end of September, and Deng Keng's 14th Division was currently stationed in Fengdu County, Chongqing, and what was even more terrifying was that Ma Xiren, who was in charge of logistics in the Ministry of Armaments, in order to ensure the smooth operation of this military operation, adopted the method of equipment first, although the other three divisions were still waiting in Yichang to board the ship into Sichuan, but most of the equipment had already arrived in Fengdu. Xiong Kewu, who was invited to inspect the 14th Division, saw the strong and strong youth army, and immediately came to a clear judgment, which was worthy of defeating the youth army of the Beiyang Army, and the Yunnan army would suffer a big loss in this war.

On October 11, at the scene of the National Congress, the news of Sichuan's announcement of annexation came, followed by the telegram of the Dian army announcing the crusade against Xiong Kewu. The parliamentarians, who were still arguing over who would be the first official, suddenly found that a war related to the interests of the national government broke out without warning!!

"We should immediately send a telegram to question Wang Wenzheng, chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government in Wuhan, to see what he has done, there is another war in the southwest, what we need now is peace, peace" Zhang Jingjiang, vice speaker of the National Assembly and chairman of the Finance Committee, was the first to stand up and speak, and his dissatisfaction with Wang Zhenyu has increased significantly recently, the reason is naturally the bank reserve management committee opened by Jihua on New Year's Day next year, You must know that Zhang Jingjiang's other official identity is the president of the National Bank, and after the establishment of this bank reserve management committee, the National Bank will be merged into this committee, and he will no longer be the governor of the central bank of the national government. This is a trivial matter, and the bigger crisis is that once this institution is established, the issuance power of Huayuan will no longer belong to the national government, but the five major financial chaebols in the south are currently in the control, well, there should be one more, the three richest people in Nanyang, the Chen family, the Huang family, and the Lu family have invested 50 million pounds in Guangzhou to establish the Nanyang Bank. Through Hu Hanmin's efforts, Ye Zuwen finally relented, and the six banks operated together. Zhang Jingjiang vaguely felt that in this way, even if the people were really elected, Wang Zhenyu and these chaebols would still be able to control the country, which would be unfair to others. As a result, Zhang Jingjiang's political stance immediately shifted to the side against Wang Zhenyu, and he let out his own angry roar at the beginning of the meeting.

Liang Qichao, another vice speaker and chairman of the Judicial Committee, shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhang is too anxious, it is a good thing that Sichuan is annexed, and as far as I know, the abolition of the military government in the southwest and the annexation of the southwest including Tibet to the jurisdiction of the national government were also jointly signed by President Li Yuanhong and Premier Xiong Xiling, and the National Assembly in Beijing also approved it." So not to mention that Tang Jiyao and Xiong Kewu opened fire, even if the Military Committee sent our troops in, it was reasonable and irreproachable. ”

"Liang Gong's words are different, it has only been a few days since the end of the Protectorate War, and the first half of Sichuan was originally the main battlefield of the Protectorate War, and the local people were beaten and displaced. Now that the war is starting again, I really don't know what the meaning of the word reasonable is" Now standing up and speaking out against the non-party congressional representative, Mr. Huang Yanpei, vice chairman of the Economic Committee, his feelings for Wang Zhenyu are also limited, after all, in his opinion, the power in the hands of this son is only a little easier than Lao Yuan.

"You fart, you know what a long pain is better than a short pain, no, if you don't unify the southwest now, are you waiting for them to become bigger, then you will come to unify again in the future, I am afraid that the people will be more bitter......"

As he spoke, he didn't know if it was the scolded dog who jumped over the wall in a hurry, and actually threw a shoe in the other person's face. I don't know if it hit the target, but the National Assembly Hall located in the Haengu Palace is bustling with activity next. If Wang Zhenyu is here, it is estimated that his eyeballs will fall to the ground, isn't this the Taiwan Legislative Yuan in the future? Waving his fists, pulling the fight, helping to fight, it was as lively as a bazaar, and after Zhang Taiyan, who was the speaker, knocked on the gavel a few times and didn't see any effect, he himself chose to leave the scene with Liang Qichao, the deputy speaker of the parliament, and Zhang Jingjiang, and the three of them were all smiling, obviously not surprised. The reporters who interviewed at the scene hastily took a few photos of the brawl and began to chat, obviously they are used to this scene now.

On October 17, Luo Peijin finally gathered 30,000 men and horses from three divisions of the Yunnan Army under his command and marched towards Chongqing. And Xiong Kewu did not dare to show weakness, and personally led more than 60,000 people from five Sichuan army divisions to Nanchong and Luo Peijin for an encounter.

Before the battle, everyone was optimistic about the Dian Army, after all, these young men only beat the Beiyang Army in Sichuan half a year ago. But the result surprised **, the Sichuan army relied on the large number of people, and played with the Dian army to attrition, and Luo Peijin's Gu Pinzhen and others obviously had reservations, and the result was naturally that Luo Peijin suffered a defeat, not only lost Nanchong, but also lost more than 3,000 people. Luo Peijin had to ask for help from the Guizhou army and Yunnan while retreating to Chengdu to wait for help.

And Tang Jiyao decided to personally go out and command Hu Ruoyu and his three divisions to fight in Sichuan......