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Liu Tianling gave him a blank look: "What do you understand, I don't even understand,"

Jia Cai smiled: "Hehe, the commander-in-chief is a difficult opponent. As soon as he arrived in Beiping, the morale of the Feng army immediately improved a lot, and it was no longer as low as when the young commander-in-chief was. To exchange for Shijiazhuang,"

"If there is such a possibility, does Lao Jia think it is appropriate to change?"

Jia Cai stroked the few beards he had and said, "Economically speaking, Liaocheng Dezhou is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is full of fertile fields and densely populated. It is also an old city with hundreds of years old. Shijiazhuang is still a little tender." , a small county town, which cannot form effective jurisdiction at present, and can only be regarded as a military base. But from a military point of view, Dezhou and Liaocheng can contain tens of thousands of Fengjun troops in our hands. Shijiazhuang is equivalent to Once Xingtai in Handan is controlled, the area will be even larger, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Second Division is enough to threaten Baoding, which is the southern gate of Beiping.

"Repay or not, I have been beating around the bush for a long time," Liu Tianling said with a smile.

"Of course not, but don't make a fuss. Commander-in-Chief, Dong Zhen negotiates with the commander in person. I will supervise and train the recruits. At the same time, each division will check it, so as to save the subordinates from being lazy. As for Zhu Yupu, let him watch it." The construction of the railway, the [-]-reduction corps in the south, the good and the bad, if something goes wrong, it will affect the overall image of our national defense army," Jia Cai said.

Liu Tianling pondered and said: "You and Zhu Yupu want to get busy, I'll wait first, the negotiation must be brought up by the commander, otherwise we will be passive."

"Yes, this is because I was in a hurry. Maybe the commander-in-chief is still looking for a fight, or we should wait and make arrangements,"

The General Staff dispatched military discipline inspectors headed by Zhu Yupu to inspect the military discipline situation. Jia Cai was still in charge of recruit training. Liu Tianling led the guard division and the third division to Jinan, waiting for news from the commander-in-chief.

Immediately after the general arrived in Beiping, he dispatched troops and replaced 5000 infantrymen in Baoding with an artillery regiment of 3000 men and [-] small-caliber mountain cannons. Regardless of the small caliber of the mountain cannons, they are not good against tanks. But the mountain cannons are accurate, hitting armored vehicles one at a time is almost a powerful nemesis, especially so many mountain cannons are arranged on the position as anti-armor weapons, which has a great shock effect on the armored weapons of the National Defense Army. [-] cavalry marched southward and were active in the area of ​​Quyang, Baoding. They may go south at any moment. The cavalry is weak in attacking fortifications, but they are very mobile and flexible. They can deal a fatal blow to the enemy at a critical moment. The local military officers in Hengshui are powerful. When the new officers took office, they showed great power and replaced almost all the grassroots officers within three days. The local armed forces in Hengshui, which was originally defeated, have changed a bit. , cast earth walls, built blockhouses, like iron barrels in Hengshui County, and in a certain sense formed a three-sided encirclement of Shijiazhuang.

In Beiping City, the commander looked at the sand table, Shijiazhuang was surrounded by Baoding, Handan, and Hengshui on three sides.

Yang Yuting said: "It seems to be very powerful. The Second Division of the National Defense Army is surrounded on three sides, but in fact only Baoding in the north can pose a threat to it. Handan is a newly defeated army and cannot be used. As for Hengshui, the local motley crew hastily formed an army. They won't have much fighting power in the short term, not to mention they can only defend and cannot attack, and there is still one last move to force Liu Tianling to negotiate."

"Okay, let's go," said the commander-in-chief.

"Okay, I'll leave immediately," Yang Yuting said and went out.

Yang Yuting left, and another staff officer said: "Commander, it's not a good idea to join forces with Yan Xishan to deal with the National Defense Army. If we really want to invite him in, I'm afraid it's easier to invite God than to send God away."

"I don't need to say this anymore. I have said it many times. Yan Xishan not only wants to slander Hebei, but also Beiping. But at present we have a common enemy with Yan Xishan, and that is the National Defense Army. Mu Xiuyu Lin The wind will destroy it, Liu Tianling's development is too fast, and has already broken the balance, I think Yan Xishan has also become jealous of the national defense army."

Yan Xishan's Jin army was comparable in combat effectiveness to Feng's army, not to mention that Yan Xishan, like Zhang Zuolin and Feng Yuxiang, was a hero of the time, famous and resourceful.

Yang Yuting arrived in Taiyuan the next day, and Yan Xishan did not dare to neglect to meet him immediately.

At this time, in the Jinan commander-in-chief's office, Ye Feng came in with the telegram just printed out by the communications soldier, "Commander-in-chief, the telegram from the intelligence department,"

Liu Tianling took it over to have a look. The telegram said that Yang Yuting, Fengjun's top strategist, had secretly visited Taiyuan and had a secret talk with Yan Xishan.

Dong Zhen was the only person in the staff office, Jia Cai returned to Longya Mountain, and Zhu Yupu was running around. Soon Liu Tianling asked Dong Zhen to come over, and Dong Zhen was very happy, "Commander-in-Chief, what are you doing?" Things, I must have a good plan, "

Liu Tianling said: "Yang Yuting went to Taiyuan to have secret talks with Yan Xishan, what should we do?"

Dong Zhen pondered: "Yan Xishan and Yang Yuting are not boring people, and the two of them will definitely not go to a brothel and drink flower wine when they meet,"

"You kid didn't learn anything else, you learned this nonsense from Jia Cai,"

"What I'm talking about is serious. Yang Yuting's passing this time must be talking about a big military issue. The content must be to ask Yan Xishan to send troops to fight Shijiazhuang,"

At this time, Li Yinbao, who was drinking tea with his head depressed, said: "Mr. Dong, I know what you are talking about. Yang Yuting must be going to get people to help fight."

Dong Zhen scratched his head in embarrassment. It seems that the staff is not so easy to be, and he said with a smile: "I have thought of two ways, please refer to the commander-in-chief."

"Oh, what way," Liu Tianling asked.

"The first method is to send an eloquent person to persuade Yan Xishan not to participate in this matter. I think Yan Xishan is a sensible person, and he will definitely not participate," Dong Zhen said.

"What about the second method?"

"The second method is much simpler. You only need to send the air force there, fly a circle over Taiyuan and come back, and the matter is basically settled," Dong Zhen proposed the second method.

Li Yinbao said: "Staff Dong's idea is really good. Both methods are feasible, but it will take a lot of time to persuade Yan Xishan to be eloquent. I should take the Nighthawk helicopter formation to visit."

"Ah, this," Liu Tianling was taken aback, "I was thinking of sending Kang Jian there, after all, there are so many planes in his place, and he is so magnificent."

Dong Zhen went on to say: "If the commander-in-chief doesn't want to turn against Yan Xishan now, he can win him over while scaring him."

Liu Tianling pondered for a moment, nodded, and said to the communications soldier: "Call Commander Yan immediately, and tell him that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming on August [-]th. I will send him a few boxes of mooncakes to show my concern for our National Defense Army some time ago. "

"Yes,"

The messenger immediately complied, and quickly sent a telegram to Yan Xishan.

Taiyuan, near Yan Xishan, in the quaint office hall, Yan Xishan is sitting on a mahogany Taishi chair, wearing a Tang suit like an old man from a wealthy family.

Yan Xishan held the telegram without saying a word for a long time, carefully read it several times, and handed it to the staff.

"Look carefully, Liu Tianling said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and he wants to bring me some mooncakes. This is not a joke," Yan Xishan said.

The staff officers were silent, and the military officers said angrily: "The National Defense Army has already posed a great threat to us. Their cavalry has grown to more than [-] in the grassland. The division commander named Zhao Lianyi is very good at leading troops. What is even more frightening is that they may become heavy cavalry, and the cavalry will develop and install small cannons on the shoulders while riding on the horse. come and kill him."

Yan Xishan glared at him: "Stupid, as long as people come, they must be fully prepared. It's so easy to kill. Don't mention this kind of thing if you are not 100% sure."

The military officers stopped talking, Liu Tianling was surrounded by a cloud of masters, it would definitely not be that easy to assassinate him, it would be fine if he succeeded, but if he failed, he would face a full-scale retaliation from the National Defense Army, and Shanxi would face an all-out attack. war.

The staff officers were more conservative and suggested: "From our point of view, we should wait and see the changes, and wait until Liu Tianling comes over."

"Well, I want to see what tricks Liu Tianling can pull off," Yan Xishan said.

Feng Jun's special envoy, Yang Yuting, had just sent away. He promised to give Yan Xishan a lot of benefits. The condition was that Yan Xishan sent troops to Shijiazhuang to defeat the second division of the National Defense Army. The most important reason was that Yan Xishan felt the strong threat of the National Defense Army. , Shijiazhuang is too close to Taiyuan.

Yan Xishan received Liu Tianling's telegram in the morning. He thought that it would take a few days before Liu Tianling came over. After all, Liu Tianling is now a member of the party, and travel arrangements and security are very important. He also understands Liu Tianling's style of life, then quick.

The sun had just set to the west, and Yan Xishan had just returned from the barracks to the mansion. At this time, the officer on duty outside hurriedly ran in, "There is something wrong with the commander-in-chief. There are planes in the sky, but we never use this kind of plane." Never seen it before,"

"Oh, go out and have a look." Yan Xishan came to the yard under the protection of the guards, and took a look with the military binoculars. It wasn't a group of planes flying in the distance, but the planes were very strange. Something was spinning, the speed was still very fast, and it came over in the blink of an eye, and the roar in the sky gradually became louder.

"Report, the city defense army called to ask what to do," the adjutant asked Yan Xishan. It turned out that the city defense army was also taken aback by this kind of aircraft that they had never seen before.

"You don't need to ask. If there is any abnormality, fire immediately," Yan Xishan said angrily. Just as the adjutant left, he shouted again, "Wait a minute, Liu Tianling said in the morning that he will come by plane."