As the saying goes, what kind of commander leads what kind of soldiers? The same goes for this civilian system. Xi Hanqian has been following Su Tong since he was a militia in Duolun. He knows the temper of Chief Su very well. If he is involved in this matter If Su Tong finds out that he is a fool, he will never get the good news from him. On the contrary, if he straightens his back, even if he suffers a loss, his boss will seek justice for him.
Ma Bufang Apartment in Xining, the capital of Qinghai
"Chairman Ma, this is a message from Xi Hangan, Secretary General of Chahar Province. He wants us to release Li Jian and his wife immediately and compensate them for all losses. We are given a deadline of twelve hours to reply, otherwise we will bear the consequences." A staff officer handed the message just received to Ma Bufang.
"What, who the hell is this Xi Han, he dares to order me?" Ma Bufang, who was furious, took the telegram, glanced at it, tore it into pieces and threw it on the ground.
"Go and call all the officers above the regiment level. I want to hold a military meeting." Ma Bufang, still angry, ordered.
"Yes" the staff officer who took the order walked out quickly.
After a while, the main military officers of Qinghai Province came to Ma Bufang's apartment. As soon as they entered the apartment, they saw Ma Bufang sitting in the hall with a gloomy face.
"Second uncle, what happened to make you so angry?" Ma Biao, the temporary commander of the First Cavalry Division, asked in surprise.
At this time, Ma Bufang also served as the commander of the newly formed Second Army of the Army and the commander of the 100th Division, the director of the Security Department of Qinghai Province, the acting chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Government, and the commander of the fifth column of the Northwest "Bandit Suppression" First Route Army. Waiting for a position. Therefore, people in Ma Jiajun generally call him anything, which is quite complicated.
Ma Bufang snorted and said, "Chahar's secretary-general Xi Hanqian called and asked for us."
Ma Bufang explained the cause and effect of the matter, and finally said: "If that Su Tong were here, I would give him three points, but this Xi Hangan is nothing, isn't he just playing with a bitch, and he wants to ride on me. Humph, I won’t let him go now, let me see what he does.”
"Yes, Chairman Yingming, that Xi Hangan is nothing. He is just a secretary-general who tells you what to do. Let's ignore him and see what he can do." Ma Zhanying on the side felt guilty because he was the cause of the incident. , desperately encouraging Ma Bufang to go against Chahar.
But the temporary commander of the Second Cavalry Division next to him, Ma Lu, glared at Ma Zhanying and then said to Ma Bufang: "Second uncle, how much are a few carts of cotton worth? You can also beat Li Jian, so just let them go." Well. Why bother having such a trouble with Chahar over a few small coins?"
"Chairman, we can't let him go." Ma Zhanying became anxious upon hearing this and said quickly: "If you want to let him go, you have to wait until Li Jian's family pays the ransom. Otherwise, it will damage your reputation."
"Shut up." In anger, Ma Lu scolded Ma Zhanying: "Do you really want to start a war with Chahar?"
"What are you afraid of? Even if we really start a war, we may not lose to him. He still thinks that we are soft persimmons like Ma Hongkui, and we can do whatever he wants." Ma Biao on the side was not happy when he heard this.
Ma Bufang's army has always been cruel. He has always used religion, clans and clans to unite his fighting power. He only uses two things to teach anyone who dares to disobey him, one is his riding crop, the other is a human skin lantern. There was a torture chamber in Ma Bufang's military camp, which contained dozens of bloody whips and hundreds of human skin lanterns. He relied on this to maintain the discipline and morale of the army.
Ma Bufang uses the four criteria of "Gan, He, Hui and Ma", that is, Gansu people, Hezhou people, Hui people, and Ma surnames, as the employment criteria. The core power adopts the feudal inheritance method of father's death, son's succession, brother's succession, after decades. With the development of the army, it gradually became the warlord's armed force that controlled the situation in the northwest. Therefore, Ma Bufang's troops were not afraid of death in battles, and their combat effectiveness was second to none among the Ma Jiajun.
So when Ma Biao heard what Ma Lu said, he was really unconvinced. He said to Ma Bufang: "Second uncle, if the people from Chahar obediently hand over the ransom, that's all. If they don't, huh... My study still lacks a lantern at night."
After hearing what he said, Ma Bufang laughed and said, "Okay, Biao'er's words make you feel relieved. Just call back to Xi Hanqian and ask them to hand over 100,000 yuan. Otherwise, they will collect the body of that kid." In fact, Ma Bufang is not coveting those few dollars. The car cotton and the one hundred thousand ocean, but now he has not played with that little girl enough and wants to hand her over. How can the lustful Ma Bufang give it up?
Ma Lu sighed secretly when he heard this, but his second uncle had already made a decision, so it was hard for him to object, otherwise a family meal would be inevitable.
"It's so shameless and shameless to bully others." Xi Hanqian's face turned red with anger. He clenched the telegram in his hand tightly, and the veins on the back of his hands swelled a bit. He had never seen such a shameless kid before. Not only did you defile someone's wife, but you also arrested her husband, and now you have to ask someone to redeem her with money. It's really the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"Immediately report to the Chief of General Staff Baili, truthfully report what happened here to Chairman Su, and ask for the support of the troops." After the anger in his heart calmed down a little, Xi Hanqian immediately ordered the people in the Confidentiality Section to send the telegram quickly.
Three hours later, the division commander Wu Jilong, who was in charge of training the newly formed Second Armored Division, received a message jointly sent by Su Tong and Jiang Baili. There was only one sentence on it: "Go to Qinghai for training."
At noon at the stall next door, the sun was scorching hot, even though it was only mid-April, and the strong wind was carrying countless amounts of sand swirling in the sky, rushing towards places that no one expected.
At this time, strong storms blew from the distance in the east, and countless amounts of sand were swept up into the air. This storm was so long that it stretched for several kilometers. Looking closer, it turned out that there were groups of steel monsters. go ahead.
Wu Jilong was sitting in one of the armored command vehicles.
Wu Jilong, who was originally a member of the 101st Armored Division under General Sun Liren, was shot in Chita some time ago. After recovering from his injuries, Su Tong sent him back to Chahar to train a new armored division. By the way, his military rank was also After giving birth to a first-level child, he also entered the ranks of generals.
"Order the regiment to speed up. We are about to arrive in Lanzhou. Order the troops to close up their formation." Wu Jilong reluctantly gave this order that was completely redundant. The troops that had just been formed less than three months were in a marching formation. They are all arranged poorly, which is really nerve-wracking.
Half an hour ago, Ma Buqing Apartment in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province
Ma Buqing, commander of the 1st Temporary Cavalry Division, received a letter from the Armored Division of the Chahar Thirty-seventh Group Army, which wanted to use the road to Qinghai. After reading the message, Ma Buqing sighed and ordered his adjutant: "Order the troops to get out of the way. Don't stop it."
"What?" The adjutant was surprised and asked quickly: "Master, Commander Ma is your clan brother. You just let Chahar's army pass. Besides, you have to be careful of their trick of pretending to attack Guo."
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"Oh" Ma Buqing rolled his eyes and asked, "Then let me ask you, can we stop Chahar's armored chariot?"
The adjutant lowered his head and whispered: "No."
"Isn't it over now? Since you can't stop me, why are you still making such a pretentious gesture? Do you want me to be the next Ma Hongkui and go to Hong Kong to live in an apartment?" Ma Buqing waved his hand impatiently and sent the adjutant away.
This adjutant has no eyesight at all. He still wants to imitate others' mantis arms to block a car. He just rides the ten thousand men and horses of the First Division to fill the gap between his teeth.
In fact, when Ma Buqing heard that Chahar was going to send troops to attack Ma Bufang, his clan brother in Qinghai, he was secretly happy. His clan brother was stronger than him, so he never took his cousin seriously and always spoke.
You're so yin and yang, damn, I've tolerated you for a long time, and now you've hit the wall.
Regarding Ma Bufang's seizure of the Chahar businessman in Qinghai, Ma Buqing had already known the whole story. At that time, Ma Buqing's first reaction was that his second brother was going to be in trouble.
The second reaction is that the time has come for me to turn around.
The third reaction is that I want to have a good relationship with Chahar in the future.
Just when Ma Buqing was gloating in his apartment, Ma Bufang and the others also received news that Chahar had sent troops to attack them. After all, such a large-scale troop mobilization could not be hidden from those who were interested.
After receiving the news, Ma Bufang immediately called his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.
"Second uncle, isn't he just a division? How can we, with an army of more than 50,000 people, be afraid of him? Now that they are here, don't leave." Ma Biao said with a ferocious smile.
"Yes, that's right. We have the blessing of God and 50,000 invincible cavalry. When have we ever been afraid of others?" Ma Zhanying knew that the trigger of this incident was himself, and Chahar's people would definitely not let him go.
His own. If he is caught by Chahar's army, he will definitely not get any good results from himself. The only way to survive is to encourage Ma Bufang and Chahar to fight to the death. It would be better if you fight to the death.
"Well, Lu'er, what do you think?" Ma Bufang glanced at Ma Lu, who had been silent next to him.
Ma Lu smiled bitterly and thought to himself: "You have already made up your mind, why are you asking me for anything?" He looked at the dozen or so officers at regiment level and above in the hall, and sighed in his heart. He thought, "Fight if you want. Let's fight Chaha first."
I'll talk to them when it hurts.
Ma Lu nodded, "Then let's fight, but how to fight and to what extent, we have to work it out. It's best not to do those tricks of rubbing skin and intestines, lest you really end up with Chahar in the future."