As for the "defusing people and money", the Guangdong army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, accounting for one-fifth of the total number of soldiers. According to military reports, more than 1,000 people died in the Teng County battle alone, and more than 400 injured people, while more than 3,000 casualties in the Longzhou battle. Others may not dare to say it, but the Tangwei camp led by Wang Liwen himself suffered nearly 100 casualties.

As for the casualties of the Gui army, there is no specific statistics yet, but there are about 10,000 people. In terms of military expenditure, Guangxi is poor and cannot support the needs of the Guangdong army, so the funds are basically dependent on the treasury expenditure of the Guangdong government, with a total of about 8 million yuan!

Since the establishment of the Republic of China, Guangdong has suffered from the disasters of the guest army, such as the bloody rule of Long Jiguang, Lu Rongting, Chen Bingkun, Tan Haoming, Mo Rongxin and others, entrenched all the property in the province, causing the Guangzhou military government to be empty for a while. What's more, many tyrants and miscellaneous taxes were levied, and Lu Rongting was slightly better. The rest of them did not give their spare effort to suck fat and suck marrow, which made the Guangdong people suffer.

Originally, Chen Jiongming led the Guangdong army to drive away the Guangxi clique, and finally ushered in a good opportunity for development for Guangdong. However, because of the position of a president, the northern government invested in helping to form the Guangxi clique, and the war between Guangdong and Guangxi clique resurrected. When Chen Jiongming captured Xunzhou in mid-July, someone congratulated him, and there were words that made people laugh at themselves:

"Since the Republic of China, our Guangdong Province has suffered tragic disasters and suffered repeated disasters from the guest army, such as Long Jiguang, Lu Rongting, Chen Bingkun, Tan Haoming, Mo Rongxin, etc., who have joined forces, searched for everything, and the treasury is empty, and the treasury is imminent to increase taxes to make our people suffer. Fortunately, the Guangdong army returned to Guangdong and drove out the guest army, so we could have rested. However, the neighbor Feng was provoked and had to lead the army to expedition. The cost has reached more than 4 million, and it has not yet ended. It is unknown when the end will be stopped. The labor force is suffering from the people, and the heart is really painful. In addition, the treasury is empty, and we have to pay miscellaneous taxes. We have to pay more and more miscellaneous taxes. We have to pay our people a lot of hardships, so why do you guys congratulate me!"

Whether it is a beautiful and artificial thing, at least he said this in person, he really doesn't want to continue the war. As a warlord who is dedicated to building a local economy, how many wars did he provoke?

On November 7, when the Guangdong Army returned victoriously, the city was naturally decorated with lights and festive things. Behind the joy, there was also sadness. One-fifth of the fallen soldiers represented a large number of families losing their sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers. Looking at the joy and sadness on both sides of the street, Wang Liwen, sitting on the horse's back, was in a heavy mood because there were also his familiar figures, the residents of Tangwei Town.

A general was in great success and had his bones woven. Wang Liwen was not relieved in his heart, but felt heavy sadness. This was a meaningless civil war, only because of some ambitious people who seek fame and reputation. The sacrifice was indeed a great man who cares about Guangdong. Although the war was forced, he could not remain indifferent to the death of his subordinates. However, as the chief general of the army, he could not show such cowardice. After finishing these trivial matters, a group of people in Tangweiying did not attend the celebration banquet held by the business community in Guangzhou, but went directly to the station of Tangwei Town to repair it.

Wang Liwen himself changed into casual clothes and took a bus to the headquarters of the ancient Chinese Association, the beach villa located in Nansha District.

The villa covers a vast area and is exquisitely decorated with elegant layout. The main entrance is made of stainless steel and carved with exquisite cloud decorations. When Wang Liwen and Li Shaojie and other officers came outside the gate in Mercedes-Benz cars, the steel door slowly opened with the rotation of the engine. Here, there are already preliminary automation facilities.

Perhaps the great nobles in Europe were serious, and the interior decoration of the beach villa seemed vulgar and a little shabby, which was completely incomparable to some ancient families. But in the eyes of Wang Liwen and others, such a house was already quite luxurious. Leather sofas, thick and soft hand-woven carpets, and various luxurious interiors were all expensive items.

"Dear officials, please follow me."

The person who spoke was Zu Jie, the man with a look of indifference. It was not the first time that the rest of the people came here to attend a meeting, so they naturally knew that they would follow Zu Jie, and the conference room was underground in the villa.

When Zu Jie led a group of people to the spacious and bright conference room, he found that there were three people sitting at one end at the long table. Zhong Yang smiled at the officers in Tangwei Camp with a happy mood and said, "Welcome back, our warriors." Gu Yuejun and Zhou Hua, who were sitting on both sides, did not speak, but sat there quietly waiting for the beginning of the meeting.

"Hello president!"

Although he still controls the entire army, because Zhong Yang no longer holds a position in the army, he does not need to salute each other, but instead changes into a relatively relaxed attitude of communication.

Seeing that they all sat down, Zhong Yang didn't talk nonsense and started the main content of the meeting directly: "This battle will be divided into three parts according to what I asked for: the training targets for the next stage will be handed over to the General Staff Department; the information department will be handed over to the Intelligence Department; the feedback on the use of weapons will be handed over to the scientific research department."

"yes!"

This was something that had been agreed upon a long time ago. Faced with Zhong Yang's re-emphasis, the officers had to nod and agreed. In fact, before this, various scattered reports were sent back one after another, and the intelligence department arranged and organized and analyzed. However, Zhong Yang asked them to submit a complete report here, not only to use it as a copy of the report of the intelligence department, but also to examine the analysis and handling of the matter by these officers to test their knowledge.

"Next, I'll talk about the problem of Tangweiying." After saying this, Zhong Yang's tone paused significantly, and his eyes swept to the others who were doing it. Seeing that they were straightening their backs and listening carefully, he nodded with satisfaction and continued to speak.

"Tangwei Camp will not be reorganized or split, but will be expanded. According to the original model, the backbone of the army will be drawn to form three new battalions, with a total of four battalions, and Tangwei Camp will also become Tangwei One Battalion. Among them, Wang Liwen's position remains unchanged, Li Shaojie, Ji Xiaoliang, Cheng Wenli and others are promoted to battalion commanders. This is the main arrangement, and I want to hear your opinions."

Although he was the only one who was not promoted, Wang Liwen was not dissatisfied. On the contrary, after learning that the organization would not be revoked or even expanded, even if he had expected this, he felt an uncontrollable joy in his heart. However, what he should ask is: "What is the organizational structure of the new army?" What he was worried about was the issue of the army's command system, which was the top priority.

"The basic structure is that the four battalions are connected to each other and directly accept the command of the General Staff Headquarters. Our unified name to the outside world is the militia. I have obtained the appointment document from the Presidential Palace. Nominally, we belong to the Guangzhou government, but we have the power to fight, so remember this!"

Zhong Yang cannot be careless when dealing with such things. He doesn't want the army he has invested money and efforts to cultivate will be taken away by someone with a transfer order. That is not patriotism, it is a pity.

After Zhong Yang finished speaking, Zhou Hua seemed to be prepared, and calmly took out a few documents and handed them to Wang Liwen and the others: "This is a "smart telegram" issued by Chen Jiongming from the Guangzhou General Command on August 18. The content was to invite Lu Yongxiang to summon representatives of various provinces and regions to Shanghai to formulate the national constitution. He then sent Deng Bowei, deputy to Chaoqiaoyun, to Nanning for a visit, and sent Deng Bowei to Zhejiang to contact Lu Yongxiang, and brought the "Huangyi Provincial Autonomy Law Draft" that the Guangdong Provincial Parliament is reviewing with Wang Zhengting for reference."

Wang Liwen, who had political experience, seemed to have guessed something, but he didn't twist it, but he didn't say anything. Instead, Li Shaojie couldn't understand: "This is a matter of the provincial government, what does it have to do with us?"

Zhong Yang just said four words coldly, "United Province Autonomy!"

Suddenly, the whole audience was silent and quiet. The officers present took a breath of cold air. They often stayed in Guangzhou, and they didn't know what was going on? The "military government" of the Sun clan wanted to carry out dictatorship, and the "provincial government" of the Chen clan wanted to carry out gang autonomy. This was simply incompatible. In the past, they just talked privately, but now they have officially proposed a draft. If both sides don't turn against each other, there will be ghosts!

"How serious is the situation?" Faced with such a situation, Wang Liwen had to be cautious, so he was eager to know what the situation had reached.

Although the eyes were directed at Zhong Yang in culture, the person who answered the question was Zhou Hua: "Based on the information we collected, the clever telegram incident revealed that Sun Yixian's line had long been corrupt at this time. Sun Yixian, who had tried to monopolize the military and political power for the first time, gathered a large number of politicians and soldiers who were indifferent to power. In order to seek personal gain and obsessed with power, they have praised Sun Yixian like an emperor. According to our analysis, the Sun Yixian has actually become a combination of a group of unprincipled and ambition bureaucrats. Their only motivation for their whole life is to increase their personal power and wealth. Therefore, it is impossible to agree with the autonomy of the province, and the conflict of force is approaching."

When Chen Jiongming issued a telegram on Jiri, Wang Liwen and others were still fighting on the front line of Guangxi, so they were not aware of this big uproar caused by the Guangzhou Congress. At that time, Speaker Lin Sen was extremely anxious and was afraid of a huge storm, so he temporarily put the Sun's questioning letter and asked Tian Tong and other members to clear it separately. As a result, the storm was calmed down in suffocation.

But the problem is not that if everyone doesn’t say it, it will be gone. Sun Chen’s conflict has long been as strong as water and fire. How can it be covered up just by trying to cover it up!

In fact, as early as mid-August, when the Guangdong Army entered Nanning, Sun Yat-sen sent Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin, Ju Zheng, Zou Lu and others to Nanning, with the purpose of forcing Chen Jiongming to lead the army to the northern expedition. Of course, Old Chen could not agree to such a stupid thing.

On October 15, Sun Sui took a warship to Wuzhou, and took Xu Chongzhi's troops as the first army, gathered in Zhaoping, Guangxi; Li Liejun's Guizhou-Yun troops as the second army, gathered in Guilin; Li Fulin's troops as the third army, gathered in Shaoguan, northern Guangdong. He decided to take Guilin to Hunan and advance to the north. Before leaving, all the relatives in the Presidential Palace in Guangzhou, and all the property and luggage were transported to Hong Kong by ship on the 13th, and claimed that if this trip was victorious, he would meet in Wuhan and unify the north with the south; if it failed, he would not return to Guangdong.

Zhong Yang and the others naturally knew about this news. It is because Brother Dapao’s usual style, and the shelf life of this sentence will not be longer than a single fart.

According to the analysis of the staff headquarters established by Zhong Yang, with Sun's current strength, it is impossible to achieve the Northern Expedition. According to his usual character, he will definitely postpone the failure on Chen Jiongming afterwards. The losses will also be levied on Guangdong's fiscal revenue. At that time, major commercial organizations will inevitably suffer huge economic losses.

"Can Chen Ze inform Chen Jiongming about this matter and let him take precautions?" Wang Liwen is not stupid. Which one can better manage Guangzhou by Chen Jiongming or Sun Yixian is not a multiple-choice question at all!

"How to say it? Commander Chen has long stated that he would immediately dismiss the army after returning to Guangdong. Compared to us outsiders, he is more willing to believe Sun Yixian's promise." Zhou Hua's words were not aimless.

As early as October 25, the Intelligence Department collected the news that Sun Yixian arrived in Nanning from Wuzhou by ship to Nanning and discussed with Chen Jiongming. Two days later, he and his accompanying Hu Hanmin left Nanning. On the 29th, he returned to Wuzhou and rushed to Guilin. The meeting result was also learned by the intelligence personnel of the Ancient Literature Association, which was about Jiongming's promise to dispatch 3,000 people from Huang Dawei's troops to follow Sun's northern expedition.

Among them, I even heard that when Sun Yixian was in Nanning, he said to Chen: "I won the Northern Expedition and cannot return to Guangdong and Guangxi; if I was defeated in the Northern Expedition, I would not be able to return to Guangdong and Guangxi again; if I asked my brother to preside over the presidency, I would not stop my Northern Expedition and would also be required to receive funds and equipment."

In fact, Sun Yat-sen not only knew that Chen Jiongming did not approve of the Northern Expedition, but also knew that the Guangdong Provincial Treasury was vacant and could not "really receive funds and equipment" for the Northern Expedition. In the battle to aid Guangxi, the Guangdong Treasury had already paid more than 8 million yuan. In the three months before the aid Guangxi aid, Liu Zhubo, a Chinese legislator from Hong Kong, reported to the Hong Kong Governor General after visiting Guangzhou, saying that Guangdong's annual tax revenue totaled 16 million yuan; but the annual expenditure required 32 million yuan. Therefore, the fiscal deficit was 100%!

Faced with this situation, some people still have to plan for the Northern Expedition, saying that it is already inappropriate to be strong and powerful, which is simply crazy! On September 14, even Li Liejun, who is a foreign province, did not want to be unconscience, but chose to send a call from Guilin to ask Sun Yat-sen to suspend the Northern Expedition, mentioning the economic situation of the three provinces of Guilin and Hunan that day: "If you consider the overall situation, Jun will observe the drought in Guinan and Hunan along the way, but you will only see it for twenty years. There is no way to buy rice and gold. The hunger will be carried by the way, and it is merciless. Hunan Province has been burning for a long time and its vitality has declined... It is not possible to provide food and fodder in Hunan Province, but it cannot be used for its own submissions. How can it help people? Guangdong has been in trouble for a long time, so there is no more effort to help Hunan."

Li Liejun, a Jiangxi native, was still concerned about Guangdong's livelihood and economy, and advised Sun Yixian not to ignore public opinion. However, our "father of the nation" and the advocate of the "Three Principles of the People", a genuine Guangdong native, was stubborn and acted arbitrarily because of his own selfish desires.

Zhong Yang did not know the cause and result of this incident. In the original history, this incident was rarely mentioned. However, he was not a person who could not see the situation clearly. Moreover, Gu Wenhui had already gained a firm foothold in Guangzhou at this time and was able to obtain a lot of useful information through his own means.

As the intelligence department's downstream, Zhou Hua supported and controlled more than a dozen large and small gangs, and asked them to inquire about the news. Moreover, in order not to conflict with the original forces, these gangs secretly supported by the intelligence department did not participate in pornography, gambling, drugs and other industries, but were active in the form of subordinates of the chamber of commerce. Because they all received short-term military training and had guns in their hands, they were doing well in Guangzhou.

The backbone members of these gangs are all staff sent by the intelligence department. Of course, some potential gang members will be secretly absorbed into the intelligence department. This is the prototype of an information collection department, but it seems that the effect is quite good at the moment. As for information from the senior management of the "junior government", it is basically based on Liu Jinyang and the secret thread he bought. As one of the important figures in the Sun system, he is still highly valued by Sun Yixian, Hu Hanmin and others.

However, no matter what everyone's subjective intentions are, the situation in Guangdong Province is implicitly surging in peace, and chaos is about to begin!

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