Chen Ze has a close relationship with the Chen family of the provincial government and the Guangdong Army. As the head of the Finance Department of Tianxing Group on the surface, Huang Shaoguang naturally has a close relationship with the Chen family and can speak in front of Chen Jiongguang.

After his recommendation and guarantee and promised some benefits, Li Zongren got what he wanted. In fact, before this, Li Zongren had already had contact with Chen Jiongguang. Chen Jiongguang wanted to accept these remnants of the Guangxi clan, after all, there were nearly 1,000 people. In the future, he would be a troublesome to the local public security. He also understood the principle that the enemy would not pursue the enemy, so he made up his mind to incorporate it.

According to Li Zongren's original two conditions: First, the army will never be incorporated by any unit and must belong to the Guangdong Army headquarters to become a unit of one **; second, he wants the title of one position and two provinces, but he does not want to belong to any province directly. This is mainly to avoid being digested by the internal system of the Guangdong Army. Of course, under normal circumstances, the loser is not qualified to make such a request.

However, the Guangdong Army was unable to say that the Guangdong Army had suffered. Ma Junwu, the governor of Guangxi of Sun Yat-sen, had already visited Nanning to visit the matter. President Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou had already gone up the Li River from the Xijiang River to Guilin to organize the Northern Expedition Base Camp. The troops scattered in Guangxi, except for a few who were reorganized, were mostly lurking in rural areas in various places, carrying out guerrillas and fighting against the Guangdong Army. Among them, Wuming, Duan, Nama and Zuojiang River are the most powerful.

In order to quickly pacify the Guizhou Bureau, the Guangdong Army was driving from Guangdong to Guangxi. At Chenghuangwei at the foot of 60,000 mountains, a large number of Guangdong troops passed by each other. However, the protracted guerrilla warfare was something that Chen Jiongming did not want to see. In addition to the strict military discipline of the First Division, even the troops of Wei Bangping often burned, killed, looted, which aroused local public grievances. The huge expenditure of funds was also a big problem. Warlord soldiers of this era would not go to war without getting the money.

Considering these headache-inducing problems, and Chen Jiongming had no interest in the barren Guangxi, he allowed some officers in the Guangxi clique to turn against each other on the grounds of supporting the autonomy of the province to form their own systems to avoid the war being dragged on.

The day after meeting with Huang Shaoguang, Li Zongren gathered the entire army on a relatively flat hillside, read out the appointment letter given to him by Chen Jiongming, officially took office as commander of the Third Route of the Guangdong-Guangxi Border Defense Army, and announced that he would go to Hengxian to undergo a test today. In order to strictly enforce military discipline, Li Zongren stipulated that the officers and soldiers of his troops were not allowed to invade the people, and violators would be severely punished. When the soldiers heard that they were going to leave the 60,000 mountains, they all looked happy. With Li Zongren's order, the entire army drove out of the mountain in a mighty manner.

However, some soldiers could not let go of their hatred and were unwilling to accept such admonition. With Li Zongren's tacit consent, these people with dissatisfaction also left on their own. Huang Shaoguang just stood aside and watched quietly. This was Li Zongren's own business, and as an outsider, he was not convenient to interfere.

However, Li Zongren led the entire army to 60,000 mountains and drove westward. This area was a place where the Guangdong army entered Guangxi. It was war and the Guangdong army burned, killed, looted, and nine out of ten houses were empty. The residents of the town along the way had already fled. Therefore, when Li Zongren's army passed by, he could not even raise food and salary.

The food bags on the soldiers were still the rice and grain collected from Chenghuangwei, the mountain at the foot of the mountain. After walking down the day, the food bags were shrunk and there was not much left. Chen Jiongguang did not pay the excise fee, and the whole army was in a mess. Many soldiers marched barefootly. Although they were dissatisfied with Li Zongren, who had always paid attention to the military style, what made him anxious was that there was no food and salary, and the future was good and bad.

The officers and soldiers under his command thought that they could get out of the predicament by returning to the Guangdong Army and leaving the poor valley of 60,000 mountains. Unexpectedly, they would have no food and clothing all day long, and they would have a hard time living in the valley. Therefore, the entire army complained, complained, and stopped, and their troops were not in order.

As he walked, some soldiers threw down their guns and lay down on the side of the road, no matter how the chief scolded them, they refused to get up. Yu Zuobai had a hot temper again, and when he saw them, they would punch and kick them or scare them with a shell gun. Some old soldiers who were not afraid of death either took the plane and fled with their machinery or could not get up. Once, Yu Zuobai was whipping a soldier who could not get up. When Li Zongren saw them, he hurried over and persuaded:

"Don't whip them. To be honest, if I were not the chief, I would have lie down long ago!"

After saying that, he quickly helped the soldier up and advised with kind words: "Brother, I am the same as you. I haven't had dinner for most of the day. Look at my feet!"

Li Zongren was wearing a pair of ragged cloth shoes, exposed toes, and a string of purple blood bubbles were polished. The soldier stood up with tears in his eyes and said, "Commander, I...I'll go with you!"

Huang Shaoguang observed all this quietly, and had to sigh that Li Zongren could govern the army. He was strict when he should be strict, and when he should be generous, he knew how to win over the morale of the army. He couldn't help but nodded in his heart: "It's true that he is worthy of being the person the president values, so he has some real skills."

The entire team is very strange now. More than 30 people led by Huang Shaoguang were dressed well and had excellent weapons. They were located in front of the team, with awesome momentum and a tiger and wolf spirit while walking. On the other hand, although the troops under Li Zongren were large in number, they were mentally distracted, and were like beggars, carrying various old weapons, and they were all moving listlessly.

Although the leaders of the two teams were talking and laughing in the front, anyone with a discerning eye could see that because of face issues, the two teams were vaguely repelling each other. Both Li Zongren and Huang Shaoguang were helpless about this situation, and the army also had their own circles.

After walking for a few more days, he arrived at Minlewei on that day, and crossed the Yongjiang River, the county town of Hengxian. Li Zongren and Huang Shaoguang were both more vigilant. The front and left and right wings of the marching brigade sent search troops to strictly prevent the Guangdong army from plotting against the Guangdong army. Although Huang Shaoguang was an important member of the Ancient Chinese Society, he survived in troubled times and was killed by mistake. He could not help but be careful.

The brigade had just entered Minlewei and suddenly saw several cavalry flying in front of him. When Li Zongren saw that there were several Guangdong military officers, accompanied by Feng Gaoying, the company commander of the Li army's vanguard, and Company Commander Feng also rode a horse. When he arrived in front of Li Zongren, Company Commander Feng rolled off his horse and reported:

"Commander, this is the inspection personnel sent by Commander-in-Chief Chen." He pointed to a colonel and introduced to Li Zongren: "This is Staff Zhang of the Guangdong Army General Command and the inspection team leader."

The official position of commander is very common in this time and space. Basically, with hundreds of people under his command, he can claim to be commander. Li Zongren's current official position is battalion commander and one of the earliest people to surrender. Therefore, Chen Jiongming organized Li Zongren's troops into the third line of the Guangdong-Guangxi Border Defense Army and awarded the position of Commander Li Zongren.

After Feng Gaoying finished speaking, the colonel did not dismount, but just waved his whip and ordered arrogantly:

"According to Commander-in-Chief Chen, your troops will stop moving forward and receive the inspection on the spot."

Li Zongren felt very unhappy when he saw the colonel officer pointing at him with a horse whip, but when he heard Chen Jiongming order him not to go to Hengxian, he felt more at ease. However, will the Guangdong Army take advantage of the opportunity to suddenly surround and disarm? Li Zongren had to be careful, so he did not have the intention to care about the arrogance and rudeness of the colonel's staff officer.

He immediately had a smile on his face and said to the colonel staff officer: "The inspection has been announced to the entire army and is ready. Please ask the staff officer Zhang to go and see the matter."

The colonel staff member snorted twice, but his butt was always sitting still. Then he kept yawning, and his snot and saliva came all the time. Li Zongren knew that it was because of the opium addiction. He glanced at the colonel staff member with contempt, but he did not dare to get angry, so he asked Company Commander Yin Chenggang to find cigarette couches for this staff member Zhang.

Shortly after Yin Chenggang went out, he carried a cigarette couch and a pair of cigarette utensils. As soon as he was placed, the colonel staff couldn't wait to lie on it, busy preparing a cigarette bucket. For a moment, the bed was straight and bamboo was shrouded in the headquarters. Li Zongren frowned, but it was not convenient to leave, so he had to hold back and sit aside. The colonel staff member had enough to smoke, and then got up from the cigarette couch, said to Li Zongren in full clothing, and said in high spirits:

"Commander Li, I'm going to start the test."

"Please!"

The colonel, Staff Officer Zhang, had his eyes turned around, but he was eyeing Huang Shaoguang and his gang. Seeing that they were dressed in bright clothes and were well-equipped, he wanted to blackmail them. Anyway, he was Xu Chongzhi's subordinate and had a background in the presidential palace behind him, so he dared not take the other party seriously. Seeing that Huang Shaoguang and the others were with Li Zongren, they were probably not big shots, so they had no scruples.

He only heard him look at Li Zongren and asked sternly: "Commander Li, who are they? Do you want to rebel?" He was already very skilled in blackmailing the other party before blackmailing.

Before Li Zongren could explain, Huang Shaoguang sneered: "I am the supervisor of Tianxing Group. Behind me is a member of Xuantie Security Company. Colonel Zhang is so powerful." The faction within the Guangdong Army was complicated, and Huang Shaoguang was not sure who the other party was. However, seeing him smoking a big cigarette with ease, he thought it was not the Chen team.

Chen Jiongming was also ruthless in banning smoking. His direct troops basically did not accept soldiers who smoked smoke. Among them, Deng Keng's main first division was known for his strict military discipline and bravery in combat.

Seeing that the other party's eyes were cold and cold, Huang Shaoguang also knew that it was not too exciting. Such villains were the most difficult to deal with. So he smiled: "Meeting each other is fate, and a small gift is not respectful." After that, he asked the soldiers to hand over several large-value paper notes.

Although he was dissatisfied with Huang Shaoguang's contemptuous attitude, since he had collected the other party's money, Staff Zhang was not easy to get into trouble. After all, the other party was not a small person who could be dealt with at will. After staying in Guangzhou for so long, he also knew that some people were not something he could mess with now.

After the test, there was a bargaining between Li Zongren and Staff Zhang. The opening fee paid by Chen Jiongming was naturally deducted by half, which is already very polite.

Huang Shaoguang did not participate in the entire negotiation process. These things had nothing to do with him and were not handled by him. It was better to have less than more things. His main purpose of coming here was to contact Li Zongren and take the other party to a secret warehouse where supplies were collected.

Because he offered enough bribes, Li Zongren finally got the "commander of this army" as he wished. Originally, since Chen Jiongming gave Li Zongren's unit the title of "The Third Route of the Guangdong-Guangxi Border Defense Army" to Li Zongren's army, although Li Zongren was appointed as the commander, but because the entire army was trapped in the mountains for a long time, he went to Hengxian to inspect the inspection again, so the troops were not in time to reorganize them. They just discussed with several company commanders in order to deal with the inspection of the Guangdong Army headquarters.

Li Zongren has put a lot of effort into the organization of the troops. If he only had a few battalion commanders under his command, then in terms of strength, he would only be equivalent to the regiment commander class. But if he had a division commander, brigade commander, regiment commander, and the Guangdong Army headquarters sent someone to test it, and his troops were only more than 2,000 people, it would likely be cancelled his "No. 3rd Route of the Guangdong-Guangxi Border Defense Army". This would not only be conducive to future development, but also difficult to win over the current group of subordinates. He thought and racked his brains to think that two detachments under the commander were set up under the commander. The detachment was very flexible, large or small, and two more battalions under the detachment were promoted to battalion commanders. This would not only cope with the inspection of the Guangdong Army headquarters, but also win over the subordinates, which was conducive to the development of the troops.

With two thousand people, he almost gained the power to form a single army. As long as this empty space is consolidated, it may not be a good thing. Huang Shaoguang has been secretly paying attention to Li Zongren's every move in the past few days. In addition to looking at his character, he also needs to evaluate the other party's talents. The decision of the headquarters was decided based on Huang Shaoguang's comments.

After the inspection, General Zhang returned to the Guangdong Army headquarters and returned to the office. The headquarters immediately ordered Li Zongren's troops to set up in Beiliu.

Beiliu is a county of the five territories of Yulin. After Li Zongren led his army to Beiliu, he expanded his troops to 16 companies to train in the suburbs and suppressed bandits at any time. Because bandits often appeared in the Beiliu area, killing people and robbing people, causing people to live in poverty. Shortly after arriving in Beiliu, one day, Yin Chenggang accompanied two soldiers to the headquarters to meet Li Zongren. Yin Chenggang is currently the lieutenant colonel staff officer of Li Zongren's headquarters and acted as the chief of staff. He introduced the two soldiers to Li Zongren:

"Commander, these two are the liaison officers sent by Commander-in-Chief Chen of the Guangdong Army Headquarters to our army."

The colonel-class staff member opened his tiny eyes wide and bowed to Li Zongren: "When the inspection was conducted in Hengxian County, I have known Commander Li. In the future, I hope to give me a lot of letters." He said, and pointed to the lieutenant-class staff member, "This surname is Liu, this is the first time I have met Commander Li."

The Lieutenant Colonel Staff General Liu also bowed to Li Zongren and said, "Please give me more praise!"

These two are advisers, and they are actually divided into two factions of the Guangdong Army, and each belongs to Sun Chen. When they come here, the reason for this is mainly because the conflict between Sun Yixian and Chen Jiongming intensifies and they distrust each other. They also have different attitudes towards the surrendered Guangxi army. Sun Yixian advocates taking advantage of the situation to fight the north, while Chen Jiongming advocates that the Gui army retain the system of **, and proposes that the Gui people govern Gui with the ground on the grounds of the joint provincial autonomy.

Not only that, after all, Li Zongren surrendered and his soldiers formed a series of their own. Chen Jiongming was not completely relieved, so he sent 3,000 people to station in Yulin to monitor. The north stream was only more than 30 miles away from Yulin. If there was any situation, the Guangdong army could arrive in an instant.

The Guangdong Army's own finances were in a difficult situation, not to mention that the funds sent to Li Zongren had been dealt with long ago, so there was not much left now. However, he was as strict as ever to his subordinates, and he kept all kinds of academic and academic training every day. He often went to the playground to personally supervise and demonstrated his actions for the officers and soldiers.

Li Zongren was born in the Guangxi Army Quick Training Academy. In addition, he has been in the army for many years and has become an officer entirely by relying on his own talents. He is very good at equestrian, gymnastics, and infantry exercises, and is also superb and skilled in shooting and tactical movements. Therefore, the officers and soldiers admire him and have made great progress in the army training.

However, over time, the problem followed. He did not pay taxes, strictly prohibited smoking and gambling, and traded fairly. Although he was quite popular with the people, his life in the entire army was extremely hard, and it was really difficult to maintain. In particular, the Hu Zhenguan envoy stationed in Yulin to monitor him, publicly included cigarettes and gambling, sent donations and taxes, and even unreasonable blackmail and demanded at will. Although the gentry and business slander were increasing day by day, his troops plundered a lot of money from top to bottom. The soldiers and officials ate, drank, gambled every day, and did whatever they wanted. This had a considerable centrifugal effect on Li Zongren's troops sixty miles away.

At the same time, Huang Shaoguang's first report was also sent back to the headquarters of the Guwen Association through a communicator. The person in charge of the intelligence department was responsible for sorting out this document.

In the study room under the bright and soft lights, Zhong Yang was discussing some things about the current situation in the south, including Li Zongren's situation in Beiliu.

"Sir, this is the report that Deacon Huang just sent back." Zu Jie handed over the file bag sealed with vermilion paint, and respectfully withdrew from the study after Zhong Yang nodded. There are also rules here. As a servant, Zu Jie understands his identity very well.

"You can take a look too." After checking Huang Shaoguang's report, Zhong Yang's face was indifferent, making it difficult for others to guess what he meant.

"It seems that Huang Shaoguang has a high opinion of Li Zongren." After a rough look, Liu Jinyang also roughly understood the other party's specific situation.

"Apart from managing the army, Li Zongren's other talents can be said to be useless. But just by solving the financial dilemma by selling guns, we can tell that this person is a person who does big things!"

Zhong Yang's comment aroused Liu Jinyang's interest: "He is trapped in Beiliu and may not be able to achieve great things. Moreover, judging from his methods, he is not a heroic style, and is far inferior to Sun Yixian."

"A person's achievements mainly depend on his ability to practice. His ability can be cultivated and his strength can be accumulated. Only this ability is hard to describe. But there is no doubt that Li Zongren is a person with ability. Although Sun Yixian's approach is a hero, he is inevitably evil and can only be small means that he cannot get on the table, so he will not achieve much success in his life. And Chen Jiongming, he will not say that he is only talented and lacks power."

As he said that, Zhong Yang's eyes became deeper and deeper, as if he had seen the original appearance of the matter through the fog of history: "Lu Rongting has been entrenched in Guangxi for decades, but now he has been defeated once, all because his tyranny is difficult to change. On the other hand, Li Zongren can tell that he is devoted to consolidating his foundation and understanding the role of the people. Although limited to his knowledge and knowledge, the results are not great, this is compared with us. Compared with Sun Yixian Lu Rongting and others, he is undoubtedly a suitable candidate!"

Speaking of this, how could Liu Jinyang not understand what Zhong Yang meant?

The ancient Chinese Society will arrange some chess pieces in southern China, and this is Li Zongren, the first nail he was buried!

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