Seeing the confidant Chief of Staff who hurried into the office, Commander Li Pinxian, whose face was always covered with a smile, subconsciously asked: "Chief of Staff, what is the situation? What are the reactions of the other two commanders? Whether he decided to execute the order..."

The Chief of Staff did not speak immediately, but looked at Yang Yongtai sitting beside Li Pinxian with meaningful intentions. His purpose was self-evident. Seeing this, Li Pinxian quickly replied: "Chief of Staff, this is the Secretary-General of the State Council of the National Government. He came to convey the appointment to me. It can be said that he is his own person. If you have anything to say, don't worry about it..."

"Yes..." the Chief of Staff affirmed.

Then, he reported to Li Pinxian: "Military Commander, Secretary-General Yang, the specific situation is... In response to my temptation, Commander Xia Wei said frankly and refused, and persuaded us to obey orders together and not to do things that will regret for life. As for Commander Huang Xuchu, his attitude was unclear, and he neither expressed his opposition to the execution of the order nor agreed to the execution of the order. Without expectation from the humble position, Commander Huang must have planned to wait for the reaction of our two armies..."

When Li Pinxian's expectant face became more and more gloomy, Yang Yongtai's eyes quickly flashed across his eyes. Then, he spoke to Li Pinxian and analyzed: "Captain Li... No, now you should call you Chairman Li. This situation is not beyond the expectations of the central government."

"As the senior general of the Guangxi clan trained by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, Commander Xia Wei was beyond our expectations for disobeying orders. However, as long as we fight for Commander Huang Xuchu, we will have the strength of two armies. The National Defense Forces will have only one army and another so-called mountain division at most. At that time, the entire Guangxi Province will still be our world..."

The Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, who was carrying the rank of major general, spoke, "But Secretary Yang, how should we win over Commander Huang? You must know that within our Guangxi clan, Commander Huang Xuchu has always been known for his cunning. If there is no sufficient interest to make him moved, I believe Commander Huang will not choose to surrender to us in the absence of unknown news..."

A cunning smile quickly flashed through the corner of Yang Yongtai's mouth. Then, he asked Li Pinxian next to him with a weird smile: "As for the interests and conditions that can make Commander Huang Xuchu feel moved, it depends on Chairman Li, who has just appointed by the central government, that is, your Commander Li..."

Because of Yang Yongtai's slightly reminded rhetoric, a smile flashed unexpectedly on Li Pinxian's gloomy face and said, "Secretary General Yang is right. Now I am both the chairman of Guangxi Province and the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army. I can fully propose a condition that satisfies Huang Xuchu, support us to fight against Li Zongren, fight against the National Defense Force, completely drive the National Defense Force out of Guangxi Province, and form a new Guangxi Army..."

After saying that, Li Pinxian turned his attention to the map. He said to himself thoughtfully: "The 15th Army of Xiawei is located in the southern part of Guangxi, and Huang Xuchu's headquarters is located in the northwest of Guangxi, mainly responsible for Baise and Hechi. Since Huang Xuchu wants the conditions, I will hand over all the military and political powers of Baise and Hechi in the name of the Chairman of Guangxi Province. As long as he cooperates with our Seventh Army to drive the National Defense Force out of Guangxi and take down the 15th Army of Xiawei. He is the king of the northwest of our Guangxi. In addition, if he is not satisfied, I can also hand over Chongzuo to him..."

Before Li Pinxian could finish his words, the Chief of Staff standing in front of him was already anxious. He didn't care about his identity. He stood up and said decisively: "Standar, this is not to give half of Guangxi Province to Huang Xuchu. In this way, even if we drive the National Defense Force out of Guangxi Province, we will get half of Guangxi Province's territory and absolute..."

Compared with the Chief of Staff’s eagerness, Yang Yongtai, who was standing beside Li Pinxian, showed a hint of admiration. He praised Li Pinxian in front of him without hesitation: "Those who accomplish great things are not care about the details. Chairman Li, I admire your courage very much. But on the other hand, as long as the National Defense Forces can be completely driven out of Guangxi Province, even if you pay the entire western part of Guangxi, it will be very cost-effective for you."

"Because, although western Guangxi occupies half of Guangxi Province in land area, the fiscal revenue of the entire western region has reached less than 40% of the entire Guangxi Province. With less than 40% of the fiscal revenue of Guangxi Province, Commander Huang Xuchu can support the troops of one army at most. However, with most of the fiscal revenue of Guangxi Province, Chairman Li can support the troops of two armies. In troubled times, the army is the foundation. With the troops of two armies in hand, is Chairman Li still worried that he can't control the entire Guangxi Province?"

Li Pinxian, who was able to serve as the most valuable lieutenant general in the Republic of China in troubled times, not only had a high military command ability, but also had a very high political acumen.

Before Secretary-General Yang Yongtai spoke, Li Pinxian, who made the decision to give half of the province to Huang Xuchu, had already thought of this deep meaning.

After nodding with approval to Yang Yongtai, he spoke meaningfully: "Chief of Staff, Secretary-General Yang is right. If there is no territory, we can still grab it. However, if there is no people and money, there will be nothing left. Therefore, as long as we have money in our hands, we can maintain more troops. With more troops, we can seize more territory. The efforts we are now just to gain more in the future..."

Taking the conditions proposed by Chairman Li Pinxian, the Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army embarked on his journey to Bai again. With Li Pinxian's expectations for the future, he went to Bai to persuade Huang Xuchu to join his own camp and completely drive the National Defense Force out of Guangxi Province.

In order to be the position of provincial chairman and to maintain his position in Guangxi Province, Li Pinxian began to connect everywhere. When he found a strange look from the Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, he found a strange sign of Commander Xia Wei. In order to leave a good impression on the National Defense Forces, he also immediately transmitted his discovery to the Defense Forces Mountain Army Command located in Nanning City through radio waves.

Li Guosheng, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Force, learned about the shocking changes in Guangxi through a telegram forwarded by Commander Yang Xiankun, the former mountain division of the National Defense Force. Of course, this shocking changes are still going on in secret at this moment and are not reflected in the open.

Faced with speculations from Yang Xiankun and Xia Wei, although Li Guosheng wanted to go to Guangxi to deal with it himself. However, after careful consideration, he still denied this idea and decided to take Li Zongren to Guangxi. On the one hand, he dealt with this matter, and on the other hand, he officially announced to the world that the fact that the Guangxi clique had been incorporated into the National Defense Forces...

Under the escort of the navy, Li Guosheng and Li Zongren appeared in Nanning City in just three days. At the same time, Bai Chongxi, commander of the Mountain Army appointed by the General Command of the National Defense Forces, and Yang Xiankun, also gathered at the Mountain Army Command in Nanning City as soon as possible...

Looking at Yang Xiankun, who had not seen him for half a year and had a mature temperament in his body, Li Guosheng nodded with satisfaction. Then, after returning a military salute to Bai Chongxi and Yang Xiankun, he said, "Commander Bai, Deputy Commander Yang, thank you for your hard work in the past six months..."

Then, Li Zongren, who had completely removed his military post, also said, "Jingzhi, Deputy Commander Yang, I won't say much more. I believe you know the ultimate goal of the rushing arrival of the commander-in-chief. Let's talk about it for a long story. Let's first introduce to us the current situation in Guangxi, let me see how Li Pinxian betrayed the Guangxi clan. For his own self-interest, he would take the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Seventh Army to take risks... You must know. The Seventh Army was the starting unit of our Guangxi clan, and it can also be said to be the most elite unit among the 100,000 troops in Guangxi, with one soldier and one soldier. They are all the losses of our National Defense Forces..."

Speaking of the matter, the four people quickly walked to the map. Bai Chongxi, the commander of the mountain group army, first introduced: "Chief, Chairman. After our intelligence officers scattered in the former Guangxi clan, Li Pinxian, the commander of the Seventh Army, had contacted Huang Xuchu's troops stationed in Baise, and there were signs of joint efforts..."

Speaking of this, Bai Chongxi pointed to the few red arrows just drawn on the map and said, "This is the military mobilization of Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu's troops over the past few days. Without exception, their troops all pointed at the Hawei troops and the mountain divisions stationed in Nanning. So far, the troops scattered in these areas have reached four divisions..."

Yang Xiankun, deputy commander of the Mountain Army, followed closely and added: "After receiving the news that Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu might rebel, I once thought about drawing the special forces to Baise and Guilin to carry out a beheading operation. However, since the two decided to rebel, they have put martial law on the two cities, leaving the special forces without any chance..."

Just when Li Guosheng was in deep thought, Li Zongren, who was standing beside Li Guosheng, spoke: "Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu, united, our 15th Army and the Mountain Division, including Nanning, will be surrounded by these two armies. Therefore, except for the south side of the sea, we are already surrounded by three sides of the enemy..."

"In addition, once this battle starts, with the strong combat effectiveness of the Seventh Army, the 100,000 troops in Guangxi Province will definitely suffer heavy losses in this battle..."

At this moment, Li Guosheng's calm facial expression finally changed a little, and he said coldly to everyone in front of him: "If this matter is really just a matter within the Guangxi clan, then with the strong combat power of the mountain division, it is enough to resolve the battle in a short time, eliminate Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu, and reduce the losses of Guangxi Province as much as possible. After all, since half a year ago, Guangxi Province has been a piece of land under the control of our country's defense force, and no matter how little the losses are the losses of our country's defense force..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng changed his words and continued to speak: "However, I think this matter is far from as simple as we imagined... Look, this is what I received on the ship from the intelligence headquarters..."

"When we went to Guangxi, that is, when Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu began to mobilize troops, the central government troops located in Guangdong Province also began to mobilize, aiming directly at Wuzhou, the 15th Army's garrison. Not only that, according to the intelligence sent by the Nanjing Intelligence Branch, Yang Yongtai, Secretary-General of the Government Council, who has an important position in the Nanjing Central Government, suddenly disappeared in Nanjing a week ago and disappeared... If I didn't expect it, Yang Yongtai will now be in the Li Pinxian Command to assist Li Pinxian in presiding over the rebellion..."

Li Zongren suddenly reacted and exclaimed at Li Guosheng: "Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean is: behind this rebellion is the shadow of the central government. What's more, this rebellion may be led by the central government..."

"Well..." Li Guosheng nodded without objection and replied: "If there was no shadow of the central government, Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu would never have joined forces so quickly. Especially the cunning Huang Xuchu, there is no reason to make him moved. He would never have taken such a big risk to rebel and be the enemy of our defense force..."

After a brief contemplation, especially after analyzing Huang Xuchu's personality, Li Zongren had to disagree with this idea. He agreed to Li Guosheng: "Chief Commander-in-Chief, you are right. Since I met Huang Xuchu, a person who has never seen a rabbit or a hawk, will never be at the mercy of others without gaining the benefits. And the person who can give Huang Xuchu enough benefits, except for the central government, has no one else, including Li Pinxian...."

Hearing this, Bai Chongxi and Yang Xiankun subconsciously frowned. Because the complexity of this matter was completely beyond his expectations. Even the central government far away in Nanjing participated.

However, what surprised Bai Chongxi and Yang Xiankun was that the facial expressions of Li Guosheng in front of him did not change at all from beginning to end. Seeing this, as a veteran who had been with Li Guosheng, a trace of light flashed across his face. Then, he asked Li Guosheng, who had a calm face in front of him, "Commander-in-Chief, do you have any solutions?"

Li Guosheng nodded in a deficit way, and under the gaze of surprise between Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, he spoke: "In general, this question must be divided into two parts... First, smash the conspiracy of Lao Jiang and make it impossible to lose the rice. Second, try every means to smash the conspiracy between Li Pinxian and Huang Xuchu."

Speaking of this, a trace of fierce murderous aura was quickly emitted from Li Guosheng. Then, he sneered at Li Zongren and others in front of him and said, "Since the war between our country's defense forces and our country's defense forces began, he has repeatedly provoked our country's defense forces. However, in order to avoid the civil war and make the people fall into turmoil again, our country's defense forces have endured it. However, this time I decided not to bear it anymore, give Chiang a little color, so that he will never dare to peek at our country's defense forces again."

In Li Zongren's heart, Chiang Kai-shek was also his lifelong opponent. Especially after several consecutive defeats against Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren was full of hatred for the central government and arrogant Chiang Kai-shek. He had long wanted to drive Chiang off the stage and make a joke. However, because of his lack of strength, these ideas can only be considered.

However, since joining the National Defense Force, Li Zongren's idea finally had a chance to realize it. For half a year, he had been thinking about when the National Defense Force would enter the pass and give his old opponent, Lao Chiang. Now, he finally heard that the commander-in-chief in front of him was going to deal with Lao Chiang, and Li Zongren, who was eager to see Lao Chiang joke, quickly asked.

"Commander-in-Chief, how can we fight and how to give Chiang Kai-shek a favor, you can give orders... The remaining tens of thousands of troops in Guangxi are guaranteed to obey the orders. Wherever you say you fight, we will fight wherever you go. Even if you go up to the mountain of swords and seas of fire, it will be no longer too late..."

Li Zongren was of course clear about Li Guosheng. After nodding without objection, he replied to Li Zongren: "Old Li, I will disappoint you again... Although I plan to give Chiang Kai-shek a color so that Chiang Kai-shek will never dare to peek at our defense force again. However, the scale of this war must be controlled, and even no war will break out. After all, our National Defense Force is now in the process of reorganization and is not suitable for large-scale combat."

Although a trace of disappointment flashed across Li Zongren's face, he still said indifferently on the surface: "Commander-in-Chief, as long as I can defeat Jiang Jiang, I, Li Zongren, will be happy... To be honest, in my decades of military career, I, Li Zongren, have hardly surpassed Jiang Jiang, and have been beaten by Jiang Jiang... Just give orders..."

Li Guosheng's murderous face was slowly covered by a serious expression, and he ordered to everyone in front of him: "In addition to the army and air force that have combat effectiveness far higher than that of the Central Army, our National Defense Forces also has a naval force that does not even have the central government army. In this case, what I mean is: dispatch a naval fleet and force Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw all the Central Army approaching Guangxi Province..."

Speaking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on Li Guosheng's face again and continued to speak: "Old Li, do you think our naval fleet suddenly appears in the two strategic areas of Guangzhou and Nanjing, how much impact will it have on the Nanjing central government and on the local army that Guangdong wants to take advantage of the situation..."

"As the location of the central government, if Nanjing cannot even have the minimum security, then Chiang Kai-shek, who is the head of the central government, will definitely be criticized by people from all walks of life in the government. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek's prestige in the central government will also be hit harder than ever before. Without a naval battle with us, facing the naval deterrence of our defense force, Chiang Kai-shek can do is negotiate with us..."
Chapter completed!