Murong Xuehai was stunned after hearing the words, and after a long time, he said, "As long as you keep Chifeng, it is a great achievement, and the superiors will definitely not pursue it. Even if it really doesn't work, you can go to the south. The Army Department can't take care of the south!"

When he heard this, Liu Jingxiao snorted coldly: "Did you ask me to join the south? Our northern soldiers would rather be loyal to the outside world than to the south..."

Murong Xuehai couldn't help but smile bitterly when he listened to Liu Jingxiao's words.

He naturally knew the origin of this sentence. Sixty years ago, northern soldiers had always had a great favor for the south.

Whether it was the Northern Expedition of the Southern Army during the 30th year of the Republic or the Southern Expedition of the Northern Army during the 40th year of the Republic, a large number of Northern Army soldiers devoted themselves to various divisions in the south, confronted the northern divisions, and even led troops to fight with their hometown children. During the 30th year of the Republic, Mu Tiehan could have unified the whole country, but the Northern Army divisions were unwilling to kill them, so the remaining troops of the Northern Expedition could return to the south.

However, the three major purges that began during the fifty years of the Republic really made the soldiers in the north feel cold. The favorable feelings for the south had completely become an irreconcilable hatred. The soldiers in the north became the biggest opponents of the south. The south paid a bloody price for every conquest of the north, and the voices of the north demanding force unification were always continuous. Therefore, this was the case that the northern provinces in the northern provinces abandoned their old grievances and sent troops unanimously.

However, the attitude of the northern soldiers has gains and losses. Seeing that the south could not develop smoothly to the north, it had to turn to the South Ocean and establish many strongholds overseas. Although it was not as wide as the Shen family's territory, nearly half of the territory in the Nanyang area is the power of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Liu Jingxiao's words meant that he would rather go to the New World to be a Carthaginian mercenary than serve the southern army, and the person who said this sentence was Deng Da, the commander of the First Division of the Guangdong Army.

Although Deng Da was born in the Northern Army, he served the Southern Army throughout his life. Although the Guangdong Army's First Division had a profound influence in the south, many of the brigade commanders of the southern divisions came from this division, Deng Da was still frightened by the Great Purge and couldn't afford to suffer any illness. Before his death, he said: "Never stay in the outside world, but not in the south!"

This sentence is the most cited by the soldiers in the north of the south. As soon as Liu Jingxiao said this, both of them were in a state of cold war. Liu Jingxiao's eyes were like lightning, which made Murong Xuehai dare not look at him. Even Murong Xuehai wanted to turn around and say goodbye, but he didn't dare to speak.

After about half a minute of this situation, Liu Jingxiao finally stopped his eyes. Murong Xuehai held military power, and he did not want to create a split situation within the army in this situation. At this time, Liu Jingxiao spoke: "Don't say 10,000 people, even 14,000 people, don't worry, Xuehai, I am sure to defeat the enemy!"

Murong Xuehai was full of confidence in his heart. Thinking of Liu Jingxiao's lightning gaze just now, Li Jin realized that he had underestimated Liu Jingxiao. Usually, he only saw Liu Jingxiao as weak as himself. He didn't expect that he would be so sharp when he was at the critical moment.

Liu Jingxiao continued: "Even if the enemy has 14,000 people, they can only carry the supplies from afar. In this way, I personally estimate that the combat troops can be at most 10,000. Secondly, he must divide his troops into two groups to fight for assistance. One is the 5,000 Changdesheng troops who returned from Lu to aid, and the other is the troops who came from Chifeng. In addition, Rehe is Zhang Buyun's territory after all, so the Fengtian army will not sit idly by and watch our army disappear. So I estimate that the Rouran rebels have to use half of the troops to fight aid, that is, the siege of the city is only five or six thousand, which is only twice the advantage of the force compared to our army."

When he said this, Murong Xuehai understood. He nodded and said, "If the enemy has twice the strength, I will be sure. After all, our army has fortifications built by the Rui army for many years, and there is no shortage of food and ammunition. It is no problem to defend it!"

Liu Jingxiao was happy and patted Murong Xuehai on the shoulder and said, "That's all up to Xuehai! Don't worry, if you break through the final, my first battalion will be at the end!"

The troops who broke through the final losses were generally the greatest, but Murong Xuehai's mood immediately rose. The two of them talked for a long time before Murong Xuehai said goodbye and returned to the camp.

Liu Jingxiao also turned back to the room, yawned, and Wanyan Yuzhuo finally said, "The information from Battalion Commander Murong should not have much problem!"

Beiping, Zhongnanhai, Zhengshi Hall Cabinet Meeting

Cheng Yunpeng, the newly appointed Prime Minister, asked to the cabinet member: "The issue this morning is still the Hunan issue, right?"

As soon as he said this, Army Minister Che Zhen replied: "Hunan called last night and asked that the other 64th battalion besides the 13th battalion be revoked, except for the 13th battalion of troops, the other 64th battalion shall be responsible for the central government."

As soon as this statement was made, it was immediately opposed by Finance Minister Huang Xin: "With the current fiscal situation, it is impossible to support so much military expenditure in Hunan."

The Hunan issue is originally the biggest problem between the north and the south. The Southern Army's Northern Expedition and the Northern Army's Southern Expedition are all in Hunan. Coupled with the long-term civil war in Hunan, it can be regarded as one of the provinces with the most frequent wars in the Republic.

In the summer of the 86th year of the Republic, under the mediation of the elders of Xiangxiang, the parties to the Hunan Civil War finally signed a ceasefire agreement in Changsha to establish a unified Hunan Provincial Government. Before that, the armies of the north and south had withdrawn from the Hunan territory one after another.

However, the aftermath issue still made the cabinet very harsh. The number of calls and messages has been quarreling continuously for more than ten days, especially on the issue of military organization, Hunan's requirements are very far from the central government.

When the Hunan issue was mentioned, the cabinet members expressed their opinions, but they could not discuss any results for a while. Army Minister Che Zhen suddenly remembered something, stood up, signaled everyone to pause, and asked Cheng Yunpeng: "I received an urgent telegram from the Rehe garrison commander Lin Zhenlong yesterday afternoon. The Rouran army was very anxious to siege Lin Xi. The Rui army died in battle on the two outer battalions. Now there are only four battalions in Lin Xi City to guard it."

Cheng Yunpeng was originally a soldier and had served as the chief of the army before forming a cabinet. He asked Che Zhen: "What is the solution to the Army Department?"

Che Zhen replied: "I have already ordered the Feng army to rush to Linxi immediately."

Cheng Yunpeng: "That's good. There are four battalions guarding Linxi. The Rouran rebels are probably the size of the division. It should be no big problem to keep the trust of Linxi. Let's do this. Let's put the Linxi issue aside for the time being, and let's continue to discuss Hunan."

As soon as Cheng Yunpeng finished speaking, the cabinet members discussed the Hunan issue that they were most concerned about.

Shenyang. Northeast Security Command.
Chapter completed!