Southern guerrilla warfare: I led the Red Seventh Army Corps to amassed a million troops.

The Nationalist army was indeed unable to continue fighting, fearing that Zhou Zeyuan would make exorbitant demands, and that the price would exceed the amount of weapons they had stockpiled in Quzhou, which would be a real problem.

He had no choice but to agree.

The specific time for the withdrawal has been scheduled for tomorrow morning.

The Nationalist army had one night to pack their bags.

The retreat route was by water. The Red Army troops in Longyou would allow them passage, and the Nationalist ships could travel along the Qujiang River all the way to Jinhua.

Upon reaching the agreement, the Red Army would immediately send inspectors into the city to monitor whether there was any damage to the infrastructure, and to inventory and protect the remaining arsenals.

Naturally, these supervisors also need to be protected by a small number of armed personnel, who will also serve as guards of the armory.

None of the agreements were put in writing.

Whether it can be carried out depends entirely on the military force available.

The bald man felt that this way he wouldn't lose face.

But he didn't expect that Luo Zhuoying would bring a camera with him as one of the supervisors Zhou Zeyuan sent into the city.

Then, the scenes of the Nationalist army's retreat were clearly recorded by the camera.

Moreover, the Nationalist Army officers who came to negotiate were dressed in impeccably tailored uniforms and looked very imposing.

They're all pretty handsome young men and adults, how could we not take a picture to commemorate the occasion?

Otherwise, Zhou Zeyuan isn't from Whampoa Military Academy, so why would he always consider the principal's interests?

Knowing he wouldn't leave a written agreement, let's use facts to prove it.

The photos were developed immediately after the shoot and sent to the French Concession in Shanghai through secret channels.

This time, we'll use the foreigners' help to make a fool of the principal.

At this moment, the principal and Zhou Zeyuan actually had the same idea.

They all need to turn the tide in the realm of public opinion.

The Nanjing central government mobilized all media resources to bombard the Red Army's Northern Expeditionary Force against Japan, claiming it was a sham resistance against Japan and a real civil war.

Under the guise of marching north to resist Japan, their true aim was to seize territory, vie for power, and weaken the central government. This was blatant warlordism and treason.

Left-wing democrats and some media forces secretly controlled by the Red Army immediately launched a counterattack.

Their counterattacks were also cunning, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

Instead, it laid bare the horrific massacres perpetrated by the Nationalist army in the Jiangnan region.

He bluntly stated that such a central government is rare and unheard of in the world, directly questioning the legality of Nanjing's actions from the root.

The two sides went back and forth, and the verbal battle escalated.

During this process, a very awkward thing happened.

The National Revolutionary Army wanted to criticize the Northern Expeditionary Force for its pretense of fighting the Japanese, claiming it was actually waging civil war under the guise of resisting Japan.

Then we must provide real examples. If you say that someone fought a civil war, we need to clarify which battles they actually fought.

This statement is quite significant, even though it employs the subtle and euphemistic style of historical writing, with subsequent interpretations following the earlier ones.

However, a series of battles and the continuous northward advance of the front lines have made many vested interest groups within various parties feel a chill of impending winter.

What does it mean that the Red Army lost more than 2 men in the Battle of Gutian, while our Central Army lost no more than 3000 men?

Then what happened when they were pushed to the Minjiang River basin and even Fuzhou was threatened?

There is no reason why, after a great victory, the battle lines are being pushed toward one's own doorstep.

Even many right-wing intellectuals who support the central government felt that the Central Daily News' propaganda was extremely clumsy.

Every day was a great victory or a great triumph. The Red Army had already annihilated hundreds of thousands of troops, but there were still 10 Red Army soldiers in Quzhou.

This is utterly insulting to the readers' intelligence.

This series of verbal battles, inadvertently, enhanced the prestige of the Northern Expeditionary Force against Japanese aggression.

This will ensure that the reputation of this formidable force is not limited to the desks of political and military leaders from various countries.

The names of Su Yu, Xun Huaizhou, Ye Fei, Zhou Zeyuan, and others began to be known to many ordinary people who were keen to understand current affairs.

As for what the benefits are?

In Zhou Zeyuan's eyes, all that talk about mobilizing intellectuals to join the army or mobilizing patriots to donate money was just fluff.

After they become famous, they won't have to worry about finding wives in the future; that's the real benefit.

After all, he could arrange everything else for his brothers perfectly, but he was really bad at matchmaking and fraternizing.

But with increased fame, some people help introduce potential partners, while others have girls throwing themselves at them.

However, it seems that Lao Su found his own partner, which is commendable!

A man who is so bad at interpersonal communication can still win over a girl, which must have taken a lot of effort and gone through many twists and turns.

But it would be unreasonable to say that the aura of a famous general had no effect at all.

Do men become more attractive after they achieve success?

Pure nonsense!

But others will see him through a different lens.

On the banks of the Qujiang River, a fortress stands majestically.

Traces of artillery fire remain on the brick and stone walls, with the bricks around several firing ports chipped open, revealing the gray cement layer underneath.

This was originally a defensive fortification carefully constructed by the Nationalist Army to serve as a crucial stronghold against the Red Army's offensive, but now it has been taken over by the Red Army without firing a single shot.

Several soldiers were standing on the top of the fortress, tightening a slightly faded red flag again. When the wind blew, the flag fluttered open.

The outer wall of the fortress still bears the words carved by Nationalist soldiers with their bayonets: "Serve the country with utmost loyalty" and "Kill bandits and make meritorious contributions".

Zhou Zeyuan stood below the fortress, his hands tucked into his belt, gazing at the fleet of ships departing from the dock in the distance.

Boats of all sizes lined up in a loose, long row, slowly drifting downstream along the river.

The ship was densely packed with Nationalist soldiers in gray-yellow uniforms, and the Blue Sky with a White Sun flag hanging on the mast fluttered in the river wind.

Several propaganda officers from the government were squatting on the embankment nearby, busy with their cameras and notebooks.

Someone took a close-up photo of a retreating Nationalist officer, then looked up at Zhou Zeyuan and shouted, "Commander, all done! Can these photos be used directly?"

"Print it out and keep a copy. Send the original to the French Concession in Shanghai; someone there will receive it," Zhou Zeyuan said without turning his head.

Su Yu stood beside him, her gaze also fixed on the departing fleet, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Zeyuan, do you really think Luo Zhuoying can feel at ease? He's just handing over the entire city and a large amount of ammunition to us. Isn't he afraid we'll ambush him halfway? If it were me, I would never dare to gamble on the opponent playing by the rules."

Zhou Zeyuan remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "If it were any other warlord, they certainly wouldn't trust us. But we are the Red Army, and Luo Zhuoying knows that."

"In all these years of fighting, we have never broken any agreements to temporarily cease hostilities or cede territory. He is now cornered, and a direct confrontation would only result in total annihilation."

"If we keep our promise, he can protect the core members of the Civil Engineering Department; if we ambush them halfway, the National Army will fight like cornered beasts, and we will suffer heavy casualties for nothing."

"From both a moral and economic standpoint, we have no reason to break the agreement. He's betting on this bottom line, and at the same time, he has no other choice."