"Niang Xipi!" Lao Jiang threw the telegram in his hand on the coffee table and scolded loudly, "It's all rice buckets!" However, Lao Jiang's anger quickly subsided, and Lao Jiang, who had regained his composure, turned his head to his chief think-tank, Yang Yongtai, and said with a pleasant face, "Changqing has a good plan for pacifying the Fujian Rebellion?" ”

Yang Yongtai, whose name is Changqing, is Lao Jiang's chief think tank and a giant in the Department of Political Science. In the spring of 1928, the old Chiang, who had just made a comeback, was full of ambition and prepared for the Second Northern Expedition. One day, he had a casual conversation with his brother Huang Yin, who was then the minister of foreign affairs. Lao Jiang felt that he lacked talents in the scene, especially the lack of resourceful and strategizing "strategists". So he implored Huang Ying to end his career as a politician and build a "party-state" with him.

Huang Yin, who knew Lao Jiang's surname very well, said to Lao Jiang: "There is a genius Mr. Yang Changqing in the sea, who is good enough to govern him. Therefore, Yang Yongtai became Lao Jiang's staff.

In 1932, when Lao Chiang was preparing to go to Wuhan to personally direct the fourth "encirclement and suppression" of the Henan-Hubei-Anhui border region, Yang wrote a book of 10,000 words, expounding the theory that "before attacking the outside, we must first secure the interior", and put forward the proposition that "Annei" (that is, "suppressing bandits") must be "three parts military and seven parts political". Yang established a system of administrative inspectors in his jurisdiction, implemented the "Law of Protecting the Armor" in all counties, and proposed to "rectify the rule of officials, comprehensively check the name and truth, and reward and punish the faithful" in order to improve administrative efficiency and step up the suppression of the people. When he was chairman of the Military Commission and director of the Political Department of the Nanchang Xingying, he stepped up specific political "anti-bandit" measures, such as training personnel, rectifying armor protection, building roads, and carrying out the New Life Movement.

Yang Yongtai's policy of "three points military, seven points political" can be described as a sophisticated calculation. Lao Chiang carried out this and immediately showed his might in the "encirclement and suppression" of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet region. Due to Zhang Guotao's command mistakes and political failure to adapt to Chiang's new tactics, he did not take contingency measures, resulting in the Red Army being forced to withdraw from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area and retreat westward. The veteran was overjoyed and became more obedient to Yang Yongtai. He immediately moved to Jiangxi and went all out to "encircle and suppress" the central Soviet region. On May 7, 1933, Lao Chiang changed "Xingyuan" to the chairman of the Military Committee, and appointed Yang Yongtai as the secretary general of the Nanchang camp, with full authority to oversee political affairs.

The situation in Fujian deteriorated sharply, and Lao Jiang had to ask his number one thinker for advice again. Yang Yongtai frowned and thought for a while, and said slowly, "Commission, I think that the Fujian rebels are just a disease of scabies, and the red bandits are a big problem!" The most urgent task now is how to stop the confluence of the Fujian rebel army and the red bandits. Yang Yongtai didn't say it explicitly, but everyone knew in their hearts that with the current situation, it was unrealistic to eliminate the Nineteenth Route Army in a short period of time.

Lao Jiang was shrewd, and naturally understood that Yang Yongtai was euphemistically reminding himself that he should negotiate with the 19th Route Army in order to focus on the overall situation of suppressing bandits. However, Jin Zhao's conditions were too harsh, and Lao Jiang really didn't want to agree, thinking that Yang Yongtai could have any good ideas, but the result was that Lao Jiang was a little disappointed.

Seeing that Lao Jiang showed a look of disappointment, Yang Yongtai continued, "As far as I know, Jin Zhao was originally only a small brigade commander of the 19th Route Army, but in one year in Fujian, he developed tens of thousands of troops. Moreover, the division is well-equipped and is not weaker than the Central Army in any way. It can be concluded that Jin Zhao must have a secret channel in his hands to purchase these advanced weapons and ammunition, and if this person defects to the red bandits, it will be quite detrimental to the great cause of the party-state to suppress bandits! ”

Lao Jiang was stunned, and his face changed slightly. Lao Jiang had already guessed these situations, but Lao Jiang never understood where Jin Zhao got so much money to buy weapons and ammunition. In any case, Jin Zhao has his own way, if he takes refuge in the red bandits and provides weapons and equipment for the red bandits, he shuddes when he thinks of these old Jiangs! The fifth encirclement and suppression launched by Lao Chiang adopted a new strategy of fortress doctrine, built a large number of fortresses, and blockaded the Soviet area. The Red Army lacked heavy weapons and was unable to break through the blockade of the Central Army, but once Jin Zhao provided them with a large number of heavy weapons, his fortress could only become a dead target one by one! The red bandits lacked guns and ammunition, and they could still fight with the Central Army with great success, and several encirclement and suppression attempts ended in failure, if they had enough weapons, wouldn't it be even more tricky! How could he not be frightened when he thought of these old Jiangs.

Seeing that Lao Jiang had realized the seriousness of the problem, Yang Yongtai simply picked it out, "Commission!" The reason why Jin Zhao chose to launch it after Chen Mingshu and others left Fujian, combined with the conditions he proposed, shows that Jin Zhao has great ambitions and wants to monopolize the military and political power in Fujian, in this case, we might as well agree to his conditions! ”

"Humph! Wouldn't that be another warlord! Old Jiang snorted coldly and said unhappily.

Yang Yongtai sneered and said, "Jin Zhao is not greedy enough, the snake swallows the elephant, and he is not afraid of dying!" What do you think? Jin Zhao was only a small brigade commander of the 19th Route Army before, and now he wants to take charge of the military and political power in Fujian alone, and it is not only our central government that opposes it! Those high-ranking generals of the Nineteenth Route Army, and those former bosses of Jin Zhao, would not be willing to submit to Jin Zhao. Now there is a threat from the central government, these people can still be united, once the central army withdraws from Fujian, the central government's threat to the 19th Route Army disappears, these people will definitely rise up against Jin Zhao, and when the 19th Army is in chaos, it will be the best time for the Central Army to recover Fujian! ”

Lao Jiang suddenly realized, and finally showed a rare smile on his face. But then he frowned again, "The current Jin Zhao is no longer what it used to be, with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, even if the veterans of the Nineteenth Route Army rise up to oppose it, Jin Zhao may not be able to suppress it by force, and then Fujian will all fall into the hands of Jin Zhao!" ”

Yang Yongtai smiled and said, "Even if Jin Zhao can be suppressed by force, the strength of the Nineteenth Route Army after civil strife will be seriously damaged. Although we don't know how Jin Zhao bought the weapon, no matter what the channel, he can't buy a bullet without money. Fujian Province is a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and how many troops can it raise! And when Jin Zhao stabilized the situation in Fujian, we also succeeded in exterminating the red bandits! When the time comes, the millions of central troops will be overwhelmed, and it will not be easy to deal with a small Jin Zhao! ”

Lao Jiang thought about it, although he was a little unwilling in his heart, but at this time, Lao Jiang had not realized the huge threat of Jin Zhao. As Yang Yongtai said, the current Fujian belongs to the land of poor mountains and bad waters, and the economy is backward, even if it is given to Jin Zhao, it is not a big deal, otherwise Lao Jiang would not have given Fujian to the 19th Route Army! What's more, even if Jin Zhao is given, with Jin Zhao's qualifications and prestige, can he sit in this position? Thinking of this, the corner of Lao Jiang's mouth showed a smug smile, "Inform Zhang Zhizhong and talk to Jin Zhao again!" (To be continued.) )