Upon hearing this news, some generals hoped that Liu Jingxiao could stay in Jinan for a few more days and wait for the battle between the Fengtian Army and the Republican Army to have a result before leaving. However, Liu Jingxiao immediately replied: "Since there is such a good opportunity, why don't I go south quickly!"

He took a special train to travel south and ran all the way. The battle situation of the Fengtian Army and the Republican Army was reported one after another. The Republican Army was an old team of the Zhi army and was also elite among the Zhi army. However, after the expansion, the quality of the troops decreased, especially the ammunition problems were very big. Although Guan Shanhe was good at training troops, Cao Dian was too old. Therefore, after the war started, the general evaluation of military observers was that the combat effectiveness of the Republican Army was not as strong as imagined, and the combat effectiveness of the Fengtian Army was not bad.

The Fengtian army near the Tianjin front line made quite fierce resistance, but in the end they were forced to retreat because of their disadvantages. Chen Sheng, who had withdrawn from Anhui Province, arrived and took the Fengtian army back outside the pass.

The Republican Army took the opportunity to cut off the Beijing-Feng Railway and cut off the Feng army into two major groups inside and outside the pass. The Feng army was in a very unfavorable strategic position.

The biggest benefit of this battle was Duan Tiemin, the old man. As soon as this battle started, Guan Shanhe wanted to fight against Feng, and specifically allowed Duan Tiemin's guard regiment to be expanded into a guard brigade. The guard brigade was also allowed to withdraw 150,000 yuan from the Xizhimen Taxation Administration as military pay for the guard brigade. In addition, a regiment's full set of equipment and supplies were provided.

But this was just wishful thinking. Duan Tiemin only issued an order to let the troops return to their original defense and ceasefire. When Liu Jingxiao saw this report, he couldn't help but smile: "Duan Tiemin is so beautiful! It is obvious that he uses barbarians to control barbarians!"

Ding Ning couldn't help but smile gently, Liu Jingxiao glanced at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ding Ning didn't want to answer Liu Jingxiao in a direct way, and said with a smile: "Teacher Commander! I'm thinking, if you don't even bring the Chief of Staff this time, you must be alone and unable to sleep! Have you been returning home long ago? You want to annihilate the Southern Army in one battle!"

Liu Jingxiao's expression became solemn: "I don't mean that. I think that the Southern Army's journey north this time is definitely a very headache-inducing opponent!"

Seeing that he was talking, Ding Ning said, "Three hundred regiments! Three hundred regiments! The southwest claims to have 300 regiments of troops. In fact, according to our algorithm, a regiment of 3,000 people, 300 regiments are 900,000, and the special forces have 1.5 million!"

There is only Liu Jingxiao qualified to refer to some information. Although Ding Ning has entered the highest level of power in Southeast, she still doesn't know some things. Liu Jingxiao replied: "There is not so many. In the whole world, only our coalition forces in the southeast provinces have a large group of 3,000 people, and the infantry teams of the other units are below 1,500! The key is the number of these 300 regiments!"

As he said that, he knew the Southern Army's strength as he knew: "Guangdong is the most powerful. There are six divisions, each with two brigades and six regiments, a total of thirty-six regiments. In addition, an independent team has a total of more than forty regiments, with each regiment of about two thousand people. However, it should be expanded more than twice during wartime. There are a large number of recruited guest troops in Guangdong. These troops are large institution and have a small number. However, according to the number, there are also about twenty regiments!"

"In Guangxi, there are only 16 regiments of the army, but the policy of "three self-one one apartment" has been implemented, and many teams of troops are built for the people. It is publicly stated that there are 60 regiments of troops!"

"Guizhou has no three-foot flat land, so it can't support many troops, and there are only eight regiments of the regular army! Moreover, because Guizhou cannot support the troops, it is indeed very aggressive to the outside world. I think it is feasible to expand Guizhou to more than 20 regiments or even more!"

"The Yunnan Army is a single group, with a total of thirty regiments. It is also claimed that it has purchased sixty regiments of equipment from Cape. However, if it can be put into the southeast battlefield, it will be at most twenty regiments!"

"Although the troops in Annan Province have twelve regiments, these troops must be stationed on site to pacify the rebellion. Not only that, Guangdong also has to provide some troops with assistance, so their strength does not need to be considered!"

After counting the troops in the southwest, Liu Jingxiao said: "There are at most 200 regiments in the southwest. Considering the remaining troops, the number of troops to be used is at most 150 regiments!"

Ding Ning reminded him: "Teacher, you forgot how we solved Li Dingyuan!"

Liu Jingxiao smiled and said, "Remember! But we are different from Li Dingyuan. Even if we fail, we can start over!"

However, for the coalition forces, a big difficulty is that there are not many troops that can be used. Anhui Province has newly established, and at least three divisions are required to enter the newly occupied areas to ensure stability. In addition to the newly formed Anhui Province military division, two divisions must be drawn from the troops entering Anhui.

In addition, Shandong must retain two divisions and a large number of local teams just in case, and one division needs to be placed as a mobile force in Huaihai Province. Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces each need one provincial military advisor to maintain public order, so in the end, Liu Jingxiao had to lead the troops of three divisions to the south.

However, Liu Jingxiao's trip to the south was unexpectedly welcomed by people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. For the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Luzhou Alliance, it has always been closer to the south than the north. However, this does not mean that they agree with the annexation of the southeast. Especially for the Shen family in Shanghai, they belong to two competitive commercial groups with the southwest, and the key war for the dominance of the republican business.

After a while in Suzhou Province, a gentry immediately worked hard, which made Liu Jingxiao feel what the love between fish and water is.

But during this moment of stay, the Secretary-General of Jiangsu Provincial Government Chen Fangren hurriedly rushed into Liu Jingxiao's carriage with a pile of telegrams and said loudly: "Teacher Commander! The front-line war is not good!"

Liu Jingxiao immediately asked, "Is it a war report from southern Zhejiang?"

Chen Fangren was shocked and asked immediately: "How did the division commander know that it was a war report from southern Zhejiang?"

Liu Jingxiao smiled bitterly, and he said, "These days, Zhong Xiaodao and Yun Jiuyue handed me a letter all day long. The two front-line commanders were not convinced by each other, and Xinhai had no choice! He had lost half of this battle without a fight. Even if you don't have a report from you, I have to make a personnel adjustment! How about the war?"

Chen Fangren replied: "Yun Jiuyue won the city defending the city, and Zhong Xiaodao rashly attacked Fujian Province and failed. A whole regiment was besieged by several times the enemy's army, causing great losses!"

Liu Jingxiao said: "Modi's troops arrived so fast! They rushed to Zhejiang so quickly!"

Ding Ning interjected next to him: "Do you have to move the position of Zhong Xiaodao?"

Liu Jingxiao looked at the telegram and said, "It is easy for generals to come to war, a military strategist! Don't move first, let Xinhai tell him and let him organize resistance on the spot. Now there are only three regiments in Wentai, right?"

This was said to Ding Ning, and Ding Ning immediately said: "Three and a half regiments plus two independent battalions!"

Liu Jingxiao immediately ordered: "Order Xinhai to draw a main group and an independent group to support it! Mo Di's attack will definitely not be short of troops, and three and a half regiments cannot hold back their positions!"

According to customization, each province has the 3rd Regiment of the First Division of the Provincial Army, and in addition to this, there are several independent teams and preparatory divisions. Ding Ning asked again: "Since Zhejiang is the front line, should we mobilize?"

"Of course we need to mobilize! Order Xinhai to mobilize the reserve division. Zhejiang's troops are not strong enough!"

Seeing that Liu Jingxiao and Ding Ning had made arrangements for Zhejiang, Chen Fangren interrupted and said, "Teacher! There is another bad news!"

Liu Jingxiao asked, "What?"

Chen Fangren replied: "The Gan Army was defeated, and the Southern Army has approached Nanchang! The Gan Army is in a hurry to us!"

Liu Jingxiao thought for a while and asked Ding Ning: "What do you think?"

Ding Ning replied: "The army stationed in Zhejiang and Jiangxi can enter Jiangxi in advance."

At that time, Liu Jingxiao had drawn young and middle-aged men from Ganzhou from among the coalition prisoners in Liu Jingxiao's north to form a division of the Ganzhou Army. Later, because they reached an agreement with Guangdong, neither side sent troops to Jiangxi, so this division failed to enter Jiangxi and was stationed in Zhejiang for training. After a long-term training, this division was also a unit that Liu Jingxiao could rely on.

Chen Fangren asked more questions: "When the Gan Army returned to Jiangxi, there might be problems with Zhejiang's defense. Our Jiangsu Provincial Army First Division has just returned from Anhui to the establishment. If necessary, you can transfer to the south!"

Chen Fangren is only the secretary-general of the provincial government and has no right to interfere in major military affairs. However, after Wang Shancheng died in battle, he blocked the news and first supported Liu Jingxiao as commander of the Dingbian Army. Therefore, Liu Jingxiao has always been concerned about this matter, so the promotion is much smoother than that of ordinary people. Now Liu Jingxiao has asked him to serve as secretary-general of the Jiangsu Provincial Government, but he is actually acting governor.

The formal Jiangsu Governor Xu Zhen fought with Chen Fangren several times, but when he got to Liu Jingxiao, Liu Jingxiao only said one sentence: "Chen Fangren is reliable!" As long as this is said, even if Chen Fangren is defeated, he can completely reverse the defeat and turn the tables.

Especially Xu Zhen was having a big fuss with the so-called "Liu Jingxiao's personal representative", Mao Yutian, but Liu Jingxiao just said: "I have never had any private representative, this person is a purely political liar!" As a result, Mao Yutian got the news early and ran away one step ahead. Xu Zhen spent more than one million yuan to buy the congressman, but it was useless.

It is precisely because Liu Jingxiao is so loving that Chen Fangren also regards himself as a senior official. Moreover, he was originally a soldier, so today he directly asked about Zhejiang Province's defense. Liu Jingxiao also agreed with his opinion: "Let your Soviet Army First Division be transferred to Zhejiang in the south. For the remaining defense vacancy, you can mobilize the reserve division!"

After a little slowing down, Liu Jingxiao said again: "Xinhai is very reliable, but it's a little softer! He's a little bit mother-in-law and mother-in-law when doing things!"

Chen Fangren then stood up and said goodbye, and the train continued to set off. Liu Jingxiao thought for a while and said, "Ding Ning, I think about Zhejiang! There must be someone in charge! The facts of Xinhai Office are softer, so I can't make a quick decision. Should you or Sima go?"

Ding Ning replied: "I'll go, Sima can do it! But what will Governor Han think!"

Liu Jingxiao thought for a while before answering: "Then let Xinhai be fully responsible!"

Ding Ning looked back at the map for a while before saying, "Teacher, I have an idea!"

Liu Jingxiao glanced at her, then said angrily: "What is the focus of this Southern Army attack?"

Liu Jingxiao reacted quickly. He pointed to the map and said: "The most intense battle between our army and the Southern Army is the Fujian-Zhejiang front line. Most of Fujian has fallen into the hands of the Southern Army, and Wentai has also launched many battles... However, the Southern Army on this line are all the foreign troops of various provinces incorporated by Guangdong Modi. So far, no number of Guangdong regular army has been found..."

He pointed his finger again: "There are the most enemy numbers in Jiangxi. Until now, there are at least fifteen regiments of the Southern Army entering Jiangxi. The support troops are still continuing to enter Jiangxi. It is difficult for a division of the Gan Army to stop them!"

Ding Ning smiled and said, "The teacher seems to have forgotten a place!"

Liu Jingxiao woke up from a dream, and he shouted repeatedly: "Hunan! Hunan!"

He leaned on the chair and praised him: "Ding Ning! It's my wisest decision to bring you out this time, it's indeed Hunan!"

"Meeting in Wuhan and drinking the Yangtze River is the wish of the southwest forever... As long as you see the Yangtze River, the capitals of the southwest may have their full efforts to fight north!"

"What's more, the key to fighting for the north and south is Hunan! As long as the Southern Army takes Hunan, this Northern Expedition will at least be invincible!"

Ding Ning mainly considered the issue in military terms: "In this case, should we send troops to aid Hunan? It's also interesting. We fought the Hunan Army to the end!"

Liu Jingxiao looked further: "But Chen Yunshuai and the people in Hunan will not allow us to reach into Hunan. If we enter Hunan now, we will definitely be the first to deal with us!"

Ding Ning asked: "Can the Hunan Army and Chen Yunjie stand it?"

Her tone was full of suspicion. Liu Jingxiao shook her head and said, "How can the troops rebuilt by Chen Yunshuai? How can they withstand it? Besides, as soon as the war starts, Hunan will face the attacks from the three provinces, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guizhou. I guess the terrain can be placed in fifty or sixty regiments! I send a telegram to Qiongyin and say I want to ask her to return to the province once!"

"Hunan has a tradition of self-government in the province, independent of the north and south. Please ask Qiongyin to return to the province and refuse the entry of the Southern Army..." This is a political solution, and Ding Ning expressed doubts about this: "But is it effective?"

Liu Jingxiao laughed and said, "For Hunan, I just do my best! Since the Southern Army is the largest in Jiangxi, I will take the troops to Jiangxi!"

Ding Ning said on the other side: "Since the commander is going to Jiangxi, even if Zhejiang does not need a general to take charge, it still needs people to work together!"

Liu Jingxiao thought for a while before saying, "Please ask Su Xue, the First Division of the former Huaihai Provincial Army, to lead his troops to aid Zhejiang! Zhejiang is the source of our army's wealth, and there is no allowance to be lost!"

After saying that, Liu Jingxiao said loudly: "This time I will lead my troops into Ganzhou, Ding Ning! You are my vanguard!"

The biggest collision in the history of the North and South basically set the tone in this conversation, and the Southeast Alliance divided him into two fronts: the Zhejiang battlefield and the Jiangxi battlefield.
Chapter completed!