Although Wang Maocai, who came to Chengdu for the first time, had just experienced a tough battle, but after staying here for a week, he adapted to the life of this place: he got up in the morning and went to the small teahouse to drink a pot of tea, drank wine at noon, listened to people talk about books, and went to the bubble bath when he went to bed at night.

After this kind of death, Wang Mao felt that the days in this place were simply fairy-like days.

From the bottom of his heart, Wang Maocai did not have a profound understanding of the revolution, nor did he understand what it meant to save the toiling masses, let alone what the true meaning of the revolution was.

Compared with Jiang Xianyun's revolutionary youth, in the eyes of this former Qing veteran, being a soldier is somewhat of a taste of making a living, of course, he still has some loyalty and national consciousness to Huang Ke himself in his heart.

But none of these things seemed so important compared to his personal enjoyment.

Among the three route armies in the Northern Expeditionary Army, the best life was the Western Route Army that marched into the land of Bashu. The focus of the West Road Bureau's attack was the Bashu region, and before the march, the Northern Expeditionary Army had leveled the land of Yunnan and Gui, which had become the hinterland of the Northern Expedition, so when it entered Chongqing, Yang Sen's troops had no way to resist.

In addition, the Sichuan army in Sichuan has been in civil war for many years, and there are many factions between them, which leads to the fact that when they are attacked by the Northern Expedition, they have never been able to effectively unite together, so Wang Maocai came up with various methods to break through and quickly defeated most of Sichuan.

It is said that it is defeated, but in fact, the natural enemy is far more difficult than the battle. The terrain in the Bashu area is dangerous, and many places are difficult to open, so when attacking Chengdu, the West Route Army suffered serious losses, and there were tens of thousands of casualties in the first battle of Chengdu.

Wang Maocai, who is used to seeing this, doesn't care about these, although he doesn't read much, but he still understands the truth of "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither", but Chengdu has never been able to beat is not a way?

Wang Maocai was a little clever when he was fighting, he usually didn't like to read, and even Huang Ke's "Zeng Wenzheng Gongwen Collection" he threw aside and ignored it, but there is one point, Wang Maocai especially likes to listen to people's stories, and listen to "Three Kingdoms" and even various stories in the pre-Qin period.

When attacking Chengdu, Wang Maocai used one of the tricks. At that time, it was Liu Xiang and his cadres who were jointly guarding Chengdu, and these people had some connections with Wu Peifu, and on the surface they were still at the disposal of Beijing.

After Wang Maocai couldn't attack for a long time, he first walked the rumors of Wu Peifu's defeat, and then secretly bought Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao, who were not the same faction in the Sichuan army and Liu Xiang, and other officers.

In terms of winning the hearts of the people, Wang Maocai was not reckless at all, and he was quite skillful.

In the process of marching into Bashu, he followed the practice recommended by Huang Ke, and when he went to a place, he must first carry out land reform, then distribute relief grain, organize local basic government agencies, and then carry out a series of measures such as suppressing bandits and building schools, so he won a lot of popular support.

His subordinates also promoted a large number of outstanding young generals, including those who later made great achievements on the Korean Peninsula and the Southeast Peninsula. Of course, there are also some of the officers who have been promoted, and the difference in quality is also puzzling.

At the end of July, shortly after the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the city, a girl who was the owner of a tea shop in the north of Chengdu was taken by two officers who came to drink tea.

Both of them wanted to find the girl as a wife, so there was a conflict in the teahouse. Later, he used a gun and accidentally injured the teahouse owner who came to persuade him.

This incident was not a big deal, and Wang Maocai didn't care about it, but he didn't know what was going on, he heard that Huang Ke also knew, so he couldn't help but be a little worried that he would be criticized.

After sending a routine battle briefing to the front-line command headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Wang Maocai waited for the latest order at the headquarters of the Western Route Army in Chengdu.

In the confidential room of the headquarters of the Western Route Army, the telegraph operator wearing a tape recorder curled his index finger, and his knuckles clicked on the transmitter to make a clicking sound. With this click, the pre-war information far away in Chengdu was transmitted to the front headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Wuhan, thousands of miles away.

In the confidential room, the sound of telegrams sounded one after another, and the personnel in charge of sending and receiving the telegrams immediately translated them and then sent them to the office of the headquarters of the Western Route Army, which was less than 100 meters away from them.

"Commander, the latest message." The staff officer on duty was a young major, wearing a regular military uniform, and although he was sweating profusely, the armed belt around his waist and the riding boots on his feet were still neat.

After the telegram was translated, he quickly sent it to the headquarters office.

"Gua Baby!" Wang Maocai held a pipe in his mouth and inadvertently said a Sichuan dialect that he had just learned.

It was a hot day in Chengdu, but he got used to it very quickly, just as he quickly adapted to the way of life here. He wore a white shirt inside, a khaki military jacket draped over his shoulders, and a pipe in his hand emitted puffs of smoke from time to time.

After reading the message, Wang Mao shook his sleeves and cursed casually, very good, Huang Ke didn't mention that incident. A smile appeared on the corner of Wang Maocai's mouth, he picked up the pen and paper in front of him, wrote down a message, and handed it to the staff officer on duty who was standing on the side.

The staff officer on duty was just about to turn around and send it, but Wang Maocai stopped him again, "Wait a minute, you give me the message."

After receiving the telegram, Wang Maocai tore up the telegram, took a puff of his pipe and said: "You record: The front-line command headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army has learned that the Western Route Army has seized Chengdu, Chongqing and other Bashu territories in accordance with the pre-fixed route. According to Commander Huang's previous deployment, the troops are now stationed in various places to stop and repair, and assist in land reform in Sichuan. However, the land of Bashu has not been opened all the year round, coupled with the dense mountains and forests, the terrain is complex, and the remnants of the defeated army will flow more, so the bandits are serious, and some troops are ordered to carry out the suppression of bandits, hoping for the commander's approval. ”

After getting the telegram, Wang Mao looked at the contents of the staff officer on duty, and after reading it, he waved his hand and said, "Take it and send it to Commander Huang, and he will notify me as soon as he replies." ”

"Yes!" The staff officer on duty snapped and straightened up, then ran to the message receiving room. After the staff officer on duty left, Wang Mao stretched his waist, he put the pipe in his hand still on the table, and smiled: "Change into civilian clothes, go out and take a look at the dragon gate array, mom pull a bar!" ”。

Just as he was about to go out, the phone rang with a jingling bell, and the staff officer on duty saw that it was the No. 1 special line, and this kind of call was not something he could answer directly, so he quickly called Wang Maocai.

"Commander! Line No. 1".

Wang Maocai walked back quickly, but he muttered a sentence in his mouth, he walked over quickly and picked up the microphone and said, "Commander Huang, I'm Wang Maocai, what are your latest instructions on the phone?" ”

"Wang Maocai, are you thinking about drinking again?" Huang Ke's soothing voice came from the phone.

Wang Maocai was stunned, he just wanted to drink, but he didn't expect to be discovered now: "Report to the commander, I just want to take a look, how do you know?" ”

He asked tentatively, and the latter sentence was very light.

"I guessed. Just like you, isn't it equivalent to falling into a honeypot when you arrive in Chengdu? But there is one thing I want you and your subordinates to be clear, don't forget your identity, you can't have private activities, and don't go to some places in teahouses. Don't try to have three wives and four concubines, don't try to rob women according to the size of the official rank, we are a revolutionary army, if one person has three wives and four concubines, which one will rob a woman again, Lao Tzu will shoot him, do you hear clearly? ”

"Yes! The previous thing was because of ......" Wang Mao wanted to explain, but where did he dare to talk more at this time, he had just come up with the idea of wanting to marry a wife, and Huang Ke rang the alarm for him over there.

However, in the recent period, there have been a lot of high-ranking officers in the Western Route Army who have found people to say that the media is looking for young wives, Wang Maocai was a little worried at first, but he thought that he wanted to, so he didn't interfere too much, after all, he was mostly singles in the army, and it was normal to marry a wife.

"Are you now the acting governor of Sichuan? You don't have to worry about governance, I will send another governor of Sichuan Province over, now start to prepare, and you should continue to march in the next step. Now that the Eastern Route Army and the Central Route Army are desperately rushing forward, and even Batu is marching north, why don't you think about marching? Are you satisfied after you lay down Chengdu? Eight hundred miles to the north of the Qinchuan River, to the west of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have you already beaten down? ”

"Yes, yes!" Wang Maocai's head was already oozing with sweat.

"I know something, some officers of the Western Route Army are addicted to spending all day and drinking, and they are robbing female students to be wives everywhere, is this your essence? Is that how I taught you when I was in Xiguan? ”

Huang Ke's words became more and more intense, and there was no room for politeness. Wang Maocai kept saying "yes" over there, and didn't dare to respond again.

"I've already set the next task, so let's prepare. Soldiers work the front line, but hard work is not a reason to indulge yourself. We are a revolutionary army, and we must always put the interests of the country in the highest position, and if your subordinates make a mistake, you can deal with it yourself. Remember, don't ruin the image of our Northern Expeditionary Army, and when it's time to kill, whether it's those enemies or the black sheep in your own ranks, you must not be soft."

After Huang Ke finished speaking, he hung up the phone with a snap. Wang Mao, who was standing there, didn't move for a long time, and he stayed like a wooden chicken.

Obviously, this is the effect of the Reserve Cadre Division. Previously, the reserve cadres were in the key departments of the whole army, and thousands of eyeliners were placed one after another, and these people would supervise the work style of all the officers, record them for summarization, and then report to Yang Yibing.

After verifying, Yang Yibing made a report to Huang Ke. Yang Yibing, who is full of a sense of justice, knows that if he doesn't stop Wang Maocai's approach, it is very likely that he will lose the overall situation.

Three days later, Wang Maocai convened an enlarged meeting of officers at and above the regimental level, at which he publicly announced the arrest of five officers suspected of fighting for civilian women, and two of them were expelled from the army and imprisoned.

Since then, the military discipline incident of the Western Route Army has come to an end.