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Chapter Nineteen Changes

Kehuizhou caused a sensation in Guangzhou. Colorful flags in Guangzhou were flying. Staff, students, workers, and citizens of various agencies spontaneously took to the streets to wave flags and marched to celebrate. The provincial and Hong Kong strike workers' picket team organized a number of cars to carry a large number of firecrackers, travel around the city's highways, and set off firecrackers along the way.

The newly established National Government was even more excited. Wang Jingwei rewarded Chiang Kai-shek with telegram, saying that he was ordered to fight in the east, and led his soldiers to build a strong city. The commander-in-chief was inspiring his loyalty and courage, and made such a great achievement. Chiang Kai-shek's prestige further increased.

"Since this road is blocked, it's all right to change." In a elegant room on the second floor of Yunwuju Teahouse, Wu Chaoshu looked at the cheerful parade on the road downstairs, put down the curtains and turned around and said to Wu Tiecheng with a smile. Wu Chaoshu once left Guangzhou and lived in Hong Kong after the Liao case. Later, when he saw the news of the wind, Wang Jingwei also sent someone to invite him back, so he returned to Guangzhou. However, this time he found that things had changed. The original Sun Ke and Hu Hanmin had left Guangzhou, and the rest were small characters far from the center. These were all desperate about the current situation in Guangzhou, and some had already planned to leave Guangzhou and go to Shanghai, but Wu Chaoshu thought that things still had a chance and had not reached the most desperate moment.

"Well," Wu Tiecheng did not ask how he changed. He was from Sun Ke's faction. After Sun Ke left, the party talked about him more and more. Especially after the Liao case, the arrest of the murderer was not effective, and most of the suspects were on the run and were criticized. He felt that he might not be in the position of the Public Security Bureau Director for a long time. Today, Wu Chaoshu suddenly invited him to have tea. When he came, he found that in addition to Wu Chaoshu, there were also Lu Shanming, the former editor of the Republic of China Daily, Ji Yuan, deputy editor-in-chief of Guangzhou Group Newspaper, and a middle-aged man who didn't know him, who rarely talked. A cigar was swaying in his hand.

"It seems that Mr. Yun has made a plan in his heart, why not say it out and let us rest assured." Lu Shanming said slowly. He had resigned as the editor of the Republic of China Daily and was preparing to take up a job at the Shanghai Republic of China Daily.

"Songhao, you shouldn't have left. Why do you want to leave Guangzhou for them?" Jiyuan said.

"What else can I do if I stay? It's better to go north to meet with Mr. Zou and the others and create another situation." Lu Shanming asked back. Ji Yuan was speechless for a moment and turned to Wu Chaoshu for help:

"Yun Gong. Tell me what we will do in the future?"

"Yun Gong, I advise you to leave too. We will all leave. We don't want this place anymore and let them go together." Lu Shanming said angrily.

"Go? Go there?" Wu Chaoshu said with a smile: "Defeat Chen Jiongming and eliminate Deng Benyin, Guangdong is becoming more and more prosperous, so I can't bear to leave."

"Yun Gong is still powerful, Guangdong is booming. It is the moment when we are making great achievements. How can we leave easily?" The middle-aged man took the cigar from his mouth and exclaimed softly.

After instigating Liu Yang's rebellion, Li Yanguo originally wanted to come and take a look. Unexpectedly, Liu Yang failed completely in just a few days. Although he also ruled that Liu Yang would lose, he still did not expect that he would lose so quickly. In such a complete and completely discouraged, he returned to Shanghai. He waited in Shanghai for a while and felt that Duan Rui's resurgence this time would no longer be as strong as the boss of the year. There were many internal conflicts within the Fengtian faction, and the calls for anti-Feng in Jiangnan were increasing. In the five incidents, the Beiyang government's inaction was compared with the National Government's taking advantage of the times, which made him conclude that the world was in the south in the future. So he deliberately made friends with the Kuomintang people in Shanghai, Jing You said.

"Oh, how do you say this?" Lu Shanming was a little energetic. Wu Tiecheng looked at him in discomfort. Wu Chaoshu nodded: "If you go strong, you will be a suspect student. Yan Guo said it well. He is worthy of being a talented student at the Imperial University of Japan."

"Where, where? In fact, Yun Gong had a plan in his mind, so we would still listen to Yun Gong's orders." Li Yanguo was humble but a hint of complacent tone.

Wu Chaoshu glanced at him lightly and said with a smile on his lips: "Why do you need to decide what Yanguo is so smart? But after all, you are still short of coming to Guangzhou, and you are still not as good as me in the situation in Guangzhou."

"Mr. Yun said it very well, please give me some advice." Li Yanguo knew that Wu Chaoshu had seen through his pride and was reminding himself that if he wanted to do big things, he must be humble.

Wu Chaoshu no longer kept his cover and said in a singular spirit: "After the Liao case, our comrades' power declined, and the Soviet Union and the Communist Party are in great power. In fact, good fortune and disaster are unpredictable. How can we know that it is not a disaster? Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei were comrades of our party after all, and they were blinded by the Communist Party for a while; after the elimination of Chen Jiongming, the Communist Party will inevitably be unscrupulous and destroy the programmaticism of our party. At that time, more and more comrades who wake up in the party will also wake up. Therefore, what we need to do now is to continue to expose the Communist Party, preserve a little vitality for our party, and wait for the future."

"What should I do?" Lu Shanming was a literati after all, and he responded slowly to this kind of political means.

"After you arrive in Shanghai, tell Haibin (i.e. Zou Lu) and Zhesheng (i.e. Sun Ke) that they are responsible for external activities and we are looking for opportunities inside. Don't look at Chiang Kai-shek's strong and determined appearance in front of him, and the person is stubborn and suspicious inside. We can use this to make a fuss." At this moment, Wu Chaoshu's face had no smile on his face, and a cunning and ruthlessness revealed in his eyes.

Although all parties have been telegramming, the casualties in the siege troops also made Chiang Kai-shek feel heartbroken, especially when it was obviously avoidable. This made Chiang Kai-shek unable to let go. He developed a trace of resentment towards Luo Jiajuefu, and the seeds of suspicion were planted in his heart.

The next day, Chiang Kai-shek led his headquarters to Huizhou to pursue the fallen soldiers, and the speech was read by Director Zhou, Director of the Political Department of the Eastern Expedition Army. Then Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech. Although he hated Luo Jiajuefu in his heart, Chiang Kai-shek still praised the Soviet Union and called on the Chinese revolution to learn from the Soviet Union and follow the path of Soviet Union and Russian revolution. When he finished his speech, he still shouted "Long live the Soviet Union's Revolution", "Long live the three major policies" and "fight imperialism".

The General Command then issued two notices: First, it is prohibited to collect remains. After Yang Kunru's troops retreated, a large number of guns and ammunition remained in Huizhou City, and all the pickers must surrender to the Eastern Expedition Army within two days. Second, demolish the Huizhou city wall. Huizhou's strategic location is very important, but the geographical environment is very dangerous. No matter who is occupied, the east can threaten Chaomei. The west can be a base for attacking Guangzhou, so it must be placed under the control of the National Government. Demolition of the city wall will eliminate any possibility of threatening Guangzhou with Huizhou.

However, at the military meeting in the evening, Chiang Kai-shek firmly demanded the revision of the original combat plan. According to the original plan, after conquering Huizhou, General Cheng Qian led the left army to attack Heyuan through Shigongshen. Li Jishen led the right army to launch an attack on Hailufeng. The middle army supported the left and right sides and went out of Pingshanxu to attack Sanduozhu. Now Chiang Kai-shek wanted to make amendments. He transferred the right army Li Jishen's troops to the north, the middle army went south, and the left army Cheng Qian's troops to the middle. However, in order to make up for the insufficient troops of Cheng Qian's troops, he also transferred the guards Ouyang Ju (that is, Wu Tiecheng's troops. Wu Tiecheng also served as the chief of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau and did not participate in the Eastern Expedition. He was led by Deputy Division Commander Ouyang Ju) to the command of Cheng Qian.

More importantly, after the adjustment, the attack route of the right army changed, and went to Heyuan-Longchuan-Wuhua, Xingning went straight to the tide, realizing the left wing detour. The middle army came out of Zijin, and joined forces with the left army to attack Wuhua, and then detoured south together.

He didn't have much objection to Chiang Kai-shek's left-wing detour, Luo Jiajuefu. On the one hand, he believed that he would win more than half of the victory in the Eastern Expedition of Huizhou, and the remaining enemies had already declined and dared not confront each other. On the other hand, he also felt that Chiang Kai-shek had objections to him in the Battle of Huizhou, and this time he had to give Chiang Kai-shek face.

However, Li Jishen opposed it. According to this plan, Li Jishen's troops would be transferred from the right wing to the left wing, and then detoured to the Wuhua Xingning. Wuhua Xingning is Linhu's nest. Although the fortifications are not as strong as Huizhou, they are not much weaker. It would be fine if they were brought to his garrison after the battle. However, it would be obvious that Dongjiang will be a defense land in the future, and his four armies will lose their troops and make wedding clothes for others. They feel unwilling to accept it.

"That large-scale mobilization of the enemy in front of the enemy can easily cause chaos in the army. If the enemy can take advantage of the opportunity, I would rather attack according to the original plan." After Chiang Kai-shek introduced the new plan, Li Jishen had already made up his mind.

"It's okay, Huizhou will be gone in two days, and the enemy is shocked. When they react, our deployment has been decided." The commander of the army, He Chengjun, retorted. He Chengjun was a talent that Chiang Kai-shek recently dug from Shanghai. He was originally a figure in the prince's school. After Sun Yat-sen reorganized the Kuomintang, he returned to Shanghai, called "repair of the body", but in fact he was dissatisfied with the reorganization.

"Brother Xuezhu, you're too risky." Li Jishen looked at He Chengjun coldly. He was very disgusted with He Chengjun's quick cursing against Chiang Kai-shek, so he was a little rude.

Hearing that Li Jishen was not polite in his tone, He Chengjun glared at his little eyes and said bluntly: "Adventure? Humph, war is a risky one, and I don't want to take risks. I'll go home and hold the child, so safe."

He Chengjun joined the Tongmenghui in 1904. He has experienced staff and never commanded the army alone. He has good friendships with Tan Yankai, Zhu Peide and Sun Ke, so he is not afraid of Li Jishen at all.

"You!" Li Jishen slapped the table in anger, pointed at He Chengjun and cursed: "What are you? You dare to talk to me like this."

He Chengjun stood up without showing weakness. At this time, Director Zhou saw that something was wrong, and immediately stood up to smooth things over: "Chief Li, Senator He, we will discuss the next combat plan. There is no need to be such a tense thing. If it is reported, it will be bad if it is reported."

Chiang Kai-shek was very unhappy, but he was not allowed to speak in this situation: "Brother Xuezhu and Brother Ren Chao, sit down. What kind of discipline is this? You are all senior generals. If you want to fight, what should you do if the division commander and brigade commander below?"

Li Jishen snorted coldly and sat down. Since Chiang Kai-shek had spoken, he had to give face. Of course, He Chengjun sat down faster.

"Jingzhi, what do you think of this combat plan?" Chiang Kai-shek asked He Yingqin, who was silent on the side.

"The principal's purpose is to completely annihilate the enemy. I think this is a very beautiful plan." He Yingqin was telling the truth, but his identity is Chiang Kai-shek's subordinate, so his persuasion is not that strong.

"Brother Songyun, what do you have to do?" Chiang Kai-shek asked Cheng Qian again.

"I only mention one thing, is the distance between the detours too far?" Cheng Qian thought about it carefully and asked. He really had no objection to this plan. Compared with the original plan, he commanded the ground troops and had no losses in his interests. Therefore, he simply considered the problem from a military perspective.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and asked Chen to explain.

Chen stood up, picked up the baton, pointed to the map and said: "After the war in Huizhou, the enemy troops concentrated near Huizhou would retreat. They believed that the direction of our army's combat in the next stage would be as if it were an Eastern Expedition, and along the southern line, passing through Hailufeng and attacking Chao. Moreover, they believed that the main force of our army was the First Army, which is what they called the Student Army, which means that they believed that the First Army would inevitably take this road." He said, and used the baton to draw a line along the coast of Lufeng and Chao on the map.
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