Forced to be a ward

"Bang..." A loud slap in the table came from Lao Chiang's office. The adjutant who was guarding the door of the office couldn't help but jumped. Because there were only two situations where Lao Chiang, as the leader of a country, could not help but slap in the table: one was because he was too excited, and the other was because he was too angry.

As the Central Plains War broke out, Lao Jiang slapped the table more and more times. Of course, most of the cases of these slapped tables were caused by anger and anger.

Could it be that something happened on the front line made Lao Jiang angry? The adjutant thought to himself. Then, he pushed open Lao Jiang's office door with uneasiness and tiptoed in.

When he walked into the office, the tense adjutant was about to face the storm caused by Lao Jiang's anger. An unexpected scene appeared in front of the adjutant.

For several days, because the front-line Central Army has been afraid and has not achieved any military achievements, Lao Jiang, who has been solemn for several days, has rarely shown a smile from the heart on his face. He looked at the telegram in his hand, and then and from time to time, he let out an incomprehensible feeling, or frown.

Seeing the adjutant standing in front of him, Lao Jiang's smiling expression quickly disappeared. He looked at the adjutant in front of him and ordered with a majestic expression: "Adjust, immediately notify Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs and Director Dai of the Intelligence Department to come to my office, hurry up..."

“Yes, Chairman….”

In less than five minutes, Lao Jiang, who was still immersed in the complex expressions of excitement and confusion, waited for his confidant He Yingqin and Dai Li.

He raised the telegram in his hand. Old Jiang said bluntly: "Jingzhi, Yunnong, you can take a look first. This is a telegram for seeking credit from Li Guosheng, the Ninth Army, just sent to the Central Committee..."

He Yingqin, who had just taken office as the Minister of the Military Government, was the first expression he showed, was that he couldn't believe it. Then, with a tone of suspicion, he asked, "Chairman. Are the contents of this telegram true? The Ninth Army really wiped out the Northwest Army and the Jinsui Army with only five main divisions, with a total of less than 60,000 troops. You should know that the entire battle lasted only three or four days, and even one hundred thousand pigs, it would take a lot of time to catch them, not to mention soldiers who could use weapons to resist...."

Lao Jiang nodded without comment. Then he looked at Dai Li and said, "I don't know if the content is true. If you want to know the specific situation, you can only know after asking Yu Nong..."

"Yunnong, after so long continuous investment and development, the intelligence department should have extended its tentacles to the Ninth Army... Tell me, how credible is this intelligence? Why has your intelligence department not sent me relevant intelligence analysis so far..."

"Report to the Chairman, I did receive a lot of information about the battle between the Ninth Army and the Northwest Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army. However, because there was too much information and it was too chaotic, and the Intelligence Department did not have a dedicated person to organize and classify it, I only rely on one person to make it clear. I have not reported it yet. Please punish the Chairman..." Dai Yunong did not pretentiously, and admitted his mistake very decisively and spoke.

After seeing Lao Jiang nodding, he planned to tell me all over and not to pursue his own problems. A hint of joy flashed across Dai Li's face. He said with a certain expression to Lao Jiang and He Yingqin, "Chairman, Minister He, the information he has obtained through his humble post. I can say with certainty that at least 90% of the content of this telegram is true..."

"According to information, the two armies of the Ninth Army had already entered Hengshui and Shangqiu two important military cities a day ago. Before that, the Northwest Army and the Jinsui Army were stationed in these two important military cities. In addition, there were no news of the voluntary retreat of the Jinsui Army and the Northwest Army along the way... This can only explain one problem. The Northwest Army and the 100,000 troops stationed in the two places have been completely destroyed..."

After all, Chiang Kai-shek was a leader of a country who had experienced strong storms. In addition, over the past year, Li Guosheng used his actions again and again to break many of his inherent thoughts in his heart. After only showing a little surprise to Dai Li's answer, his face suddenly changed and returned to normal again and slowly calmed down.

Although He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, had experienced defeat to Li Guosheng and was captured by Li Guosheng, he was very clear about the specific situation of the warlord forces in various places because he was reorganizing all the troops across the country.

Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army was well-equipped, and in many aspects, it even surpassed several Central Army directly under the Nanjing government. Although Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was inferior in equipment, due to years of war, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command were directly led to the war-torn soldiers, without exception.

The Ninth Army commanded by Li Guosheng was quickly expanded from the original regiment to the group army within one year, and the troops were expanded too quickly.

Before receiving the exact information about the military strength of the Ninth Army, He Yingqin, as the Minister of Military Affairs, directly believed that the Ninth Army: except for a very small number of troops that can be regarded as powerful brigades, the remaining troops are all newly expanded groups of recruits, and it is impossible for them to have too strong combat power...

Therefore, no matter from any aspect: compared with the Ninth Army under Li Guosheng, Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army and Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army are among the few powerful troops among the major warlords in the country.

In this case, the Central Army with the same force cannot be the opponent of the two warlord armies. What's more, the Ninth Army, which does not have any advantage in military strength, and is in his own eyes, has not very strong combat power.

Now, such a thing happened. The Ninth Army, which I don’t think much of is not only victorious, but also won in such a short time.

Of course, no matter how shocked he was, as a minister of state, He Yingqin did not lose his composure. After a pair of eyes quickly glanced at the map hanging on the wall not far away, he was shocked by the strong combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army, an idea that surprised him suddenly came to He Yingqin's mind.

He reported to Lao Jiang, who was still calm, with a little excited: "Chairman, I think that now is an excellent opportunity for our Central Army to take over the Jinsui Army and the Northwest Army..."

"As long as we order the first victory of the Ninth Army to approach Shijiazhuang and Taiyuan with the victorious front. I can be sure that whether it is the Northwest Army that confronts us or the Jinsui Army in Yan Xishan, they will have to retreat because their rear is threatened. At that time, our Central Army can take advantage of the victory and continuously compress the living space of the two armies. In the end, with the cooperation of the Ninth Army and the Northeast Army, we will seize these two major local forces and further complete the unification of the country..."

He Yingqin, who was full of anticipation, stared at her eyes and waited for Lao Jiang to affirm her. A wry smile appeared unexpectedly on Lao Jiang's face. Under He Yingqin's puzzled gaze, he spoke: "Jingzhi. Your idea is very good. However, if you want to complete this idea, you must have a prerequisite to ensure that Li Guosheng's Ninth Army is willing to unify the country and obey the orders of the central government without any intention..."

"This... Chairman, hasn't the Ninth Army wiped out the Northwest Army and the Jinsui Army in accordance with the central order? He, Li Guosheng, has formed such a great hatred with the two major warlords. Is there any other way out except to continue fighting?" He Yingqin frowned and asked back.

"I don't know if there is any other way out. However, judging from the content of Li Guosheng's telegram, Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army, already had the idea of ​​not wanting to continue fighting and acting as a spectator..." At this point, a helpless and bitter smile quickly appeared on Lao Jiang's face.

"How is it possible... Even if Li Guosheng doesn't want to continue fighting, in front of the Ninth Army, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, who suffered such heavy losses, will they give up? Will the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under their command shake hands with Li Guosheng and make peace?" Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin asked in dislodged his voice.

"Report to the Chairman. Minister Ho, there seems to be some information about this...."

"According to the latest information, the two troops used by the Ninth Army to threaten Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang have already returned to Hengshui and Shangqiu two important military cities at 10 o'clock this morning. At the same time, the Northwest Army and the Jinsui Army, which were confronting the Ninth Army, also retreated one after another. The three forces seemed to have not experienced any war and planned to use Shangqiu and Hengshui as the dividing lines, divide and occupy them, and live peacefully..." Dai Li, director of the Intelligence Department, answered promptly.

"After taking advantage, I will keep my troops in a stable position, preserve my strength, act as a spectator, and finally reap the benefits of the fisherman... Li Guosheng is really good at calculating..." Lao Jiang said in a deep voice.

"Chairman, I only now realize that compared with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army, is also a warlord who will choose and do whatever he wants..." He Yingqin followed closely and spoke in a bad tone.

"So what, so what, no... No... No matter what, with the existing strength of our Central Army, it is already difficult to deal with Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang. There is no strength at all, plus a Ninth Army with such strong combat power."

I don’t know whether it was for his political career or for the sake of national unity. A long sigh came directly from Chiang Kai-shek’s mouth. Then, he continued to ask back to the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin.

"Not only that, once we push the Ninth Army to the opposite side of ours, it can be imagined that when we have no troops to send, the central government will be attacked by the Ninth Army from Shandong Province. Whether it is Anhui, which is adjacent to Shandong Province, or Zhejiang... it will become Li Guosheng's sphere of influence. If you lose control of these two provinces, do you think our Central Army still has enough economic sources?"

After questioning himself, his old partner He Yingqin became silent.

Then, to the two beloved generals, Lao Jiang continued to speak: "Okay, let's not consider this issue for the time being. I asked you to come here because I wanted you to study it with me: At this moment, what is the ultimate purpose of sending us this telegram to the victory?"

A word woke up the dreamer. It was not until this time that He Yingqin vaguely felt that Li Guosheng was sending this telegram to express his merits and wins...

Recalling Li Guosheng's development path has always been without exception. There is a very obvious idea hidden: "Making a fortune in silence..."

Now, Li Guosheng unexpectedly came to the front desk and reported the results to the central government as soon as possible. This is definitely never before in the history of Li Guosheng's rise and development.

Such unexpected actions, coupled with Li Guosheng's current voluntary withdrawal, seemingly not intending to continue participating in the war. A bold idea quickly came to He Yingqin's mind: "Li Guosheng used this to show his strong strength to the Nanjing central government, and forced the central government to the palace with his future support direction. Finally, from the Nanjing central government in exchange for the greatest benefit for himself..."

In Li Guosheng's eyes, three days of battle, at the cost of less than 5,000 direct casualties, he received more than 70,000 veteran prisoners of war who had been through the battlefield for a long time. He could make a fortune in his previous development path. He used the 70,000 prisoners of war in his hand to quickly expand his troops and turn the Ninth Army into a real army.

Then, using the remaining power brought to him by this victory, secretly dispatched troops to march into Liaodong, and seized control of the entire Toudong Peninsula.

Of course, this is also the path of military development that Li Guosheng and Chief of Staff Jiang Baili secretly formulated by the Ninth Army before the start of the battle.

However, what Chief of Staff Jiang Baili did not expect was that the entire battle would progress so quickly. As a veteran with a certain experience in political struggle, he also unexpectedly discovered a great benefit to the Ninth Army from the results achieved in this battle.

Through this unprecedented battle, the Nanjing central government has given a military and even political force. From this, we can obtain political achievements that are of great benefit to the future development of the Ninth Army...

This battle can be enough to shock the major military forces across the country. For the first time, the true combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army was fully demonstrated to all forces across the country, including the Nanjing Central Government.

On the battlefield where the stalemate is in a battle, a neutral force that can completely change the entire battlefield situation appears on the battlefield. In order to win, this neutral force will definitely become the target of hostile troops on both sides.

As the saying goes, "I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of what if." Even if I have clearly known that this neutral force will not participate in the war, the two hostile forces will give out conditions as much as possible to win over this force to avoid accidents.

The results of the Ninth Army were reported to the Nanjing Central Government as soon as possible, which was a difficult problem raised by Chief of Staff Jiang Baili to Chiang Chiang.

Although it is clear that the Ninth Army will not participate in the next battle for its own benefit. However, in order to ensure that the entire battle is foolproof, even if he is unwilling to do so, Lao Chiang must come up with a condition to satisfy Li Guosheng to ensure that the relationship between the two sides will not break until the end of the Central Plains War.

Although He Yingqin's guess was not completely unified with the ideas of Li Guosheng and Jiang Baili. However, in general, the thoughts in He Yingqin's mind were already consistent with the ultimate goal of Jiang Baili doing this.

Looking at Lao Jiang with a gloomy face in front of him, after saying that He Yingqin was thinking, he chose to remain silent very wisely, wait for Lao Jiang in front of him to make the final choice.

Including the treatment results after Li Guosheng captured He Yingqin and wiped out tens of thousands of troops of the Northern Expedition Army...

More than half a month ago, the Ninth Army expelled Han Fuqu and unified Shandong Province, and exchanged itself for the Chairman of Shandong Province and the organization of the Ninth Army...

This time, it was only Li Guosheng's third forced palace to him. As Principal Li Guosheng, he was defeated by Li Guosheng many times and bowed to Li Guosheng again and again. The degree of aggrievance that Chiang Kai-shek was so depressed that he could imagine. On his face, he could almost clearly see the exposed blood vessels, which were extremely scary.

One minute, two minutes... After five minutes, Li Guosheng's ashen face slowly sootheed.

"Bang..." The clenched fist hit the desk in front of him hard. A rage said, spitting out of Lao Jiang's mouth: "Mom Xipi, the cunning Li Guosheng. Sooner or later, I, Jiang, will make you pay for your blood debts..."

After saying that, his face slowly calmed down. He said to his old partner He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, if Li Guosheng has a group of troops in his hands, he already has such strong strength. If he upgraded it to a front army, what will the reputation of the central government be? Therefore, no matter what, the territory and organization, we cannot give it to him..."

"You said, what else can we give him to satisfy his huge appetite that he will never see. When he finds an opportunity, he will come up and bite us..."

"The Chairman is wise... I think we can give Li Guosheng some meaningless ranks... As far as I know, although Li Guosheng has been promoted to commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army, his rank is still lieutenant general. This has led to the rank of officers of the entire Ninth Army being one level lower than other troops." He Yingqin reminded with a compliment.

When Old Chiang's eyes lit up, he immediately understood what He Yingqin said. A smile flashed quickly on his face and said, "Military rank is indeed a good idea... In this way, in the name of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Li Guosheng was promoted to the first-class general, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the Ninth Army were all promoted to the first-class level. At the same time, it was clearly determined that all the military and political powers in Shandong Province will be handed over to Li Guosheng for handling, and Shandong Province will be exempted from the two-year taxes that the central government needs to be paid..."
Chapter completed!