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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 229: Spiritual Inspiration

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    No matter what methods Ma Bufang uses to vent his anger, it is true that his own strength is inferior to Shengshi.  The combined forces of Ma Bufang, Ma Buqing and Ma Buqing are less than 20,000 people. Just over 10,000 people have to guard against the Central Army of Sun Dianying of Qinghai and Zhang Zhizhong of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.  How many more people can be sent to fight Sheng Shicai?

    In the end, there is no need to think about it. The Four Horsemen Allied Forces need to come forward to fight the Shengshicai Department decisively.  The situation of the two horses in Gansu is not good recently, and the situation of the two horses in Ningxia is not good either. Most of the territory in Ningxia and Mongolia has been taken away by the Central Army. People say that this was taken back from the little devils and you cannot defend it.  The implication is that if you can't defend your territory, why do you still have the nerve to become a warlord?

    Furthermore, after Zhang Zhizhong came to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, he first eradicated opium, and then implemented the central government's new policies such as exempting land taxes and low land rents, and the people's support was no longer on the side of Ma Jiajun.

    It is said that the warlords have been planting opium in the northwest in recent years, which has caused great suffering to the people in the northwest. Although the opium production was high in the good years, due to the large harvest, the purchase price was extremely low by the warlords. There was a large amount of opium.  Village areas suffered from famine.

    The Four Horses Allied Forces are all members of the church, and the identity of the northwest warlords connects the interests of the four horses. In this prosperous period, hitting Ma Bufang in the face is a slap in the face of Ma Jiajun, and hitting Ma Jiajun in the face is a slap in the face of the northwest church members.  Slapping the followers in the face is slapping God in the face, so Ma Jiajun must regain his place.

    So the Four Horse Alliance began to gather heavy troops in the Jinchang area of ??Zhangye - it can be said that it was a heavy force, but it was only more than 20,000 people, which was equivalent to more than half of the strength of the Four Horse Alliance. This was also the largest force that the Four Horse Alliance could mobilize. Zhang Zhizhong and Sun Dianying  Those two wolves couldn't be on their guard at all.  If we lose the fundamental places like Wuwei and Yinchuan in order to destroy the Shengshicai Department, Ma Jiajun will immediately become the second Shengshicai.

    However, the battle between the two sides in the Zhangye area was changed to an armed confrontation. The Four Horse Alliance saw that the Shengshicai Department was well-equipped, but they were worried that the central government would act as his backend and greatly consume the Ma Jiajun's strength before annihilating the Ma Jiajun. The Shengshicai Department believed that the other side would  The Ma family's soldiers are numerous and powerful, and all of them are cavalry who come and go like the wind.

    Just like the previous battles between Shengshicai Department and Ma Jiajun, it is easy to win with advanced weapons, but it is not so easy to annihilate them all.  Of course, this is also due to the slackness of the Shengshicai Department. Originally, there was no way out after leaving Xinjiang. At that time, the Shengshicai Department was like a pack of hungry wolves. Now, the Shengshicai Department has money, guns, and territory.  Why bother fighting life and death when you have a woman?

    When the troops are in trouble, they may unite as one, or fight against all odds, but now the Prosperity Department has passed that period.  Since the defeat of Dihua, Sheng Shicai felt that he could not control his troops, so he did not organize the remaining troops into five brigades before arriving in Hami to strengthen control.

    After entering Gansu and fighting a few small victories, the troops gradually began to swell again, and many people began to think of becoming division commanders again.  He went against Sheng Shicai's words and even sent people to buy arms from Sun Dianying's department on his own. This made Sheng Shicai furious and had to throw out a few more bones.

    Sheng Shicai reorganized the five brigades into five divisions. The brigade commander was promoted to division commander, and one division governed three regiments.  Five divisions with just over 10,000 men is a miracle in military history, but the Shengshicai Department doesn't think it's a big deal, because everyone is now a cavalryman - those who joined the army later brought their own horses to join the army to fight the Ma family bandits.  of.  Since ancient times, the number of the five-man cavalry unit on horseback in the army has always been less than that of infantry. Now it has become the Central Army's second cavalry corps, with only four cavalry divisions and more than 20,000 people.

    "Let's fight." After receiving the news of the confrontation between Sheng Shicai and the Four Horse Alliance, Sun Dianying, Zhang Zhizhong, Jin Batian and others said at the same time.

    "These two groups of people are not good birds in the eyes of the central government and the people. They are said to be warlords, but more like soldiers and bandits. Don't forget that there is also a model provincial governor among these warlords.

    There was no fighting here, and a news spread across the country again.  After the Lushan Senior Command Department completed the short-term training course at the Mainland University, more than a hundred regiment commanders, brigade commanders, and division commanders at the regiment level and above in Central Sichuan sent a letter to the whole country to join the Central Military Commission in a high-profile manner.  The leader among them is Liu Wenhui, the former Sichuan boss and now the chairman of Xikang.

    This is like a heavy left hook hitting the chin of Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, Tang Shizun and other Sichuan bosses, and the teeth fell to the ground.  This news was undoubtedly like a bolt from the blue to them¡ªthe Nanjing Central Committee finally took action against them.

    With the addition of more than a hundred regiments of the Sichuan Army, the Nanjing Central Committee¡¯s army expansion plan this year is expected to exceed the target.  Of course, for this matter, the principal also shed a lot of blood. The division commanders and brigade commanders who joined the Central Army received checks ranging from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand to three hundred and fifty thousand.

    Of course, these people have to say that they were inspired by the principal during their training in Lushan, but this spiritual inspiration must also be guaranteed by a check.  The Sichuan army is poor, but the warlords in central Sichuan are not. This time the principal wanted to getThere was also a lot of blood in Sichuan.

    One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand The two sides were at odds with each other on the price. Song Ziwen, who was in charge of the negotiation, even thought he had met a Shanxi warlord who had made plans from his mother's womb.

    Fortunately, Song Ziwen, who was in charge of the money bag, concluded the negotiations with the Sichuan army generals and expressed that the finances could still support it.  This is also because in the past two years, not only has the arms not been spent, but it has continued to make money. If it had not been overdrafted by hundreds of millions in arms funds, fighting wars and winning people's hearts, the finances would have collapsed long ago.

    After these people led more than a hundred regiments to rebel, Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou and others were completely gone.  Now there are only a dozen regiments left loyal to Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou and others, and the Sichuan Army's establishment of less than 10,000 people can do much.  Besides, the reason why they haven't betrayed them yet is because they didn't go to the Lushan Mainland University Branch's Senior Command Department for training. If they were inspired by the principal's spirit, they would end up with the same fate sooner or later.

    Although many small warlords in central Sichuan are relatives of Liu Xiang and others, Liu Wenhui is still a relative of Liu Xiang, and he was driven to Xikang to eat grass.  This time is also a counterattack launched by Liu Wenhui. If I can't be the king of Sichuan, you, Liu Xiang, don't want to be Ansheng.  The warlords in Central Sichuan don't know who they are if you beat me today and I'll beat you tomorrow, not to mention that some of the subordinates of Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou and others are adapted former Liu Wenhui troops.

    Liu Wenhui doesn't care. Xikang is so poor. Even the taxes collected for several years a year are not enough to support the army and develop local and educational institutions. Without financial support from the central government, he will die sooner or later. He will either be shot to death or starved in Xikang.  Death, this time Liu Wenhui's leader handed over the numbers of Xikang Province and more than twenty regiments under Liu Wenhui's command. As one of the liaisons and initiators who contributed the most this time, Liu Wenhui received a full 1.2 million  Dayang¡¯s spiritual inspiration fee.

    This money plus the millions saved by Liu Wenhui will be enough in this lifetime. Before President Jiang of Nanjing can choose a new governor who is most suitable for Xikang, Liu Wenhui can still be the governor of Xikang for a while - this  The place is too remote and poor. Being sent here to be the provincial governor is no more rewarding than being assigned a job. Speaking of which, it is a provincial cadre, but no one wants to come.

    After a period of chaos, Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou and others also understood that it was impossible to turn things over now.  They met with representatives from the Nanjing Central Committee one after another to see if they could buy out one more time before leaving.

    In the end, the price of spiritual inspiration was negotiated, and several planes flew to Nanjing successively carrying Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, Tang Shizun, and their families. If they didn't leave, the newly sent governor of Nanjing said that the work would not be carried out well.

    As soon as Liu Xiang left, the new governor of Sichuan arrived on his bicycle. Everyone recognized him. Xiong Kewu was also a big boss in Sichuan back then and later lost his military power and joined the political world.

    The principal is still very relieved that Xiong Kewu will be the governor of Sichuan Province. Although Xiong Kewu has a good reputation in Sichuan, he has long lost military power and is still qualified to be a governor.  At this time, the reorganized Third Army of the Central Army was moving up the Yangtze River and would reach Sichuan in the near future.

    Although it cost tens of millions to inspire these Sichuan army generals, the principal felt that it was still worth it.  If Sichuan did not support so many armies and warlords, it would not be so poor. Back then, Qin Shihuang and Han Gaozu did not rely on Sichuan's manpower and wealth to unify the country.

    ??The principal of such a relatively important province must be taken down. Now it is the best result to be able to take it down with just spending some money and without fighting a civil war. The only ones who really enjoy the fight are the little devils and the Russians.

    The 41st Army, which was the first to reorganize and train, fortunately maintained most of its establishment. These troops who were inspired by the principal's spirit were not so lucky. They were taken out and broken into pieces and then integrated into the newly reorganized central departments.  In military order.

    As for the number of principals they left behind, they will naturally not waste it. They use the magical power of moving the world to integrate other troops - such as the security corps and other second-line troops in various places.  As for complaints, there are absolutely none. After receiving the check, there are so many things to do. Being a person requires credibility.

    But just this time, Sheng Shicai and Ma Jiajun were so frightened that they did not dare to start filming. Sooner or later, if this fight continued, they would be annexed by the Central Army - both sides asked themselves that their relationship with the Nanjing Central Committee was not very good.

    But it was not a problem if the military confrontation lasted for a long time, and the two sides began to contact each other to discuss peace matters on demarcating territories.  The two sides quickly reached an agreement to delimit the current occupied areas and govern each other without infringement.  The few people and forces who were looking forward to their fight were very disappointed.

    It turned out that the principal was open-minded and did not take the initiative to eliminate these two forces.  Rather than having a direct border with Tsarist Russia, where people would go to the streets every day shouting to regain Xinjiang, it would be better to have a buffer. Anyway, most of the golden areas in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia are already in the hands of the central government.

    "We are preparing for the worst. These people are traitors and have become lackeys of the Tsarist Russians. Their strength itself is?In this case, there will be no splash.  Besides, the hatred between Sheng Shicai and the Tsarist Russians cannot be put aside with a smile, otherwise Sheng Shicai would have surrendered long ago before the Xinjiang battle.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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