Anyone who has read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms knows that Cao Cao once said, "If there is no one in the world, how many people will be called kings and how many will be called emperors?"
Now, in the northern part of the Republic of China where the Nanjing government lacks sufficient control, the phenomenon of warlord separatism is not much different from the situation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Almost every province is controlled by a warlord, and there are countless small warlords under the big warlords.
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If there are not one or two big warlords who have enough power and deterrence and will not openly confront the National Government in a short period of time, those warlords who are blinded by interests and ambitions will jump out and want to proclaim themselves kings.
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There are only two such powerful bosses in the north. One is Marshal Zhang, the leader of the Northeast Army, and the other is Marshal Wang Yan of the Northwest.
But now, with Marshal Zhang resigning and the future of the Northeastern Army uncertain, the only ones who can deter other warlords in the north are Marshal Yan, who occupies two provinces, and the nearly 200,000 Jin troops under his command.
Although Dashuai Yan is the principal's old rival, he is also someone the principal knows well.
He knew that politicians like Marshal Yan, who could stand firm in northern China for decades, naturally knew that the general trend was irresistible. The government of the Republic of China had already occupied the general trend of national unification and stood at the commanding heights of public opinion and justice.
Under such circumstances, the Shanxi king must have understood that no matter how hard he tried, he could not escape the fate of failure.
Not to mention anything else, just a few years ago, several major forces from the Guangxi Clique, the Northwest Army, and the Jin Army gathered together to jointly oppose the Nationalist Government in the Central Plains War. With certain advantages in military strength and combat power,
Still, they were defeated by the National Army in less than half a year.
This is a living lesson. A shrewd man like Marshal Yan will naturally not repeat the same mistakes.
However, just because I don’t claim to be king does not mean that I will just sit back and watch those millet scumbags who are far less powerful than myself come to claim the title of king.
When the Nanjing government is beyond the reach of the government, I can use the banner of suppressing bandits and counterinsurgency, and hundreds of thousands of troops can march out of Shanxi in a dignified manner. Not only can they occupy the rightful name of supporting the government and supporting unification, but also in the
While continuously expanding your influence, you can also take advantage of the opportunity to take back all the territories of these rebels.
Therefore, Marshal Yan's status in northern China is like that of Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He knew that you had ambitions, but he couldn't do without you, and he didn't dare to do away with you, for fear that this great warlord would really give up his job or have other ideas.
, northern China will inevitably fall into great turmoil.
So now the principal doesn't dare to blow out the lamp and pull out the candles with Dashuai Yan. Seeing that Dashuai Yan is about to rebel, he can only hold his nose and retreat.
However, Marshal Yan never expected that he would be blocked in front of Zhao Changshu, a stubborn donkey, who finally obtained the transfer order for the Model Brigade to return to Shanxi.
Just because Zhao Changshu did not receive news that the mercenary group was out of trouble, he refused to lead his army back to Shanxi.
This was the first time in Zhao Changshu's life that he had openly disobeyed Marshal Yan's orders, but the reason also made the Marshal speechless for a moment, and he was so angry that he had no reason for it.
Zhao Changshu's reason was simple. The mercenary regiment had been incorporated into the model brigade before the expedition and was the advance detachment of the model brigade. The two sides had also jointly established a joint command headquarters.
At that time, the commander kept announcing that the top commander of the joint command was Zhou Wen.
Now, the top commander of the combined forces and part of the troops are deep behind enemy lines. There is no reason to retreat home without leaving the commander and his brothers alone.
Even if he, Zhao Changshu, is willing to be severely punished by the commander in the future, he will not retreat until there is news that the mercenary group is safe. If the mercenary group is in any crisis, he will take the initiative to bring them back no matter how great the danger is.
Hey, don't tell me, Zhao Changshu's reasons are quite reasonable.
He values love and righteousness, is strong-willed, and has the demeanor of a famous general who loves his soldiers as much as his sons.
However, let’s not talk about where you put the old man. Even the now famous Model Brigade was built by the old man with his money, efforts and talents.
How dare you use bean buns as solid food and risk the old man's hard work just to fulfill your brotherhood?
Isn't this just a betrayal of Tian's heart?
But he knows Zhao Changshu's character. Once this guy figures out something, you can't get it back even if you use nine cows to pull it off.
This made the commander anxious to death.
In fact, he was not afraid that Zhao Changshu would actually lead his troops to fight back.
No matter how strong the model brigade is, it is only based on the cooperation of the mercenary group. If the strength of the model brigade is based on itself, the commander himself still doesn't know?
Hehe! If we can really fight back, the 200,000 Chinese troops will not retreat all the way to the edge of Peiping.
He knew that Zhao Changshu's purpose was to remind him to put pressure on Nanjing and add the safe return of Zhou Wen and the mercenary group to the conditions of Sino-Japanese negotiations.
The commander-in-chief is worried about the long nights and dreams, in case the Nanjing man still doesn't give up and starts to attack the middle and lower-level officers of the Model Brigade. Whether it is to win over or induce them, they will be unable to guard against their various clever methods.
And Zhao Changshu is a political idiot in this regard. It would be more reliable to remind him to take precautions instead of letting him simply lead his troops to fight against Japan.
Therefore, the handsome man has not been able to eat well or sleep well these days. He finally found some time to spend time with his wife today because he wanted to relieve the troubles in his heart.
But things are different now. The safe telegram sent by Zhou Wen is tantamount to solving all his problems.
I saw him studying the map with great interest for a while, and then exclaimed: "What a good boy, good strategy, good means, I got out of the whirlpool of the Peking Military Commission in a short time, and others can't say anything."
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"Alas!" When the commander said this, he sighed unconsciously, and continued: "If Changshu could have half the brains of this boy... No, as long as he has one-third of the brains, I would be relieved, old man.
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When the adjutant saw that the commander was in a good mood, he joked and said, "Brigadier Zhao Changshu is good at tough battles. Commander, if you let him be more thoughtful, it is hard to say that he will lose a little bit of his spirit. Our Jin army is missing one member."
A fierce general."
The commander rolled his eyes at him angrily and said: "A strong general can only be a general. Now the old men in our Jin army are scattered and dispersed. There are not many handsome men who can stand alone."
When the adjutant heard this, he didn't dare to answer. He just lowered his head and said to himself: "You have really become a handsome man, but you are worried again."
"However, the only army that can maintain secrecy during such a long-distance march is Zhou Wen's teaching corps. Others do not have this ability and ability." The commander changed the topic and began to praise again.