bullyxtreme Chapter 210 Northern Government Meeting
Chapter 210 Northern Government Meeting
"Although there are conflicts between the North and the South, they both regard each other as an obstacle to the unification of the world. Both sides have similar attitudes towards other warlords. After unifying the world, they will inevitably eliminate warlords in various places."
"The strength we have demonstrated now is enough to threaten both the North and the South. It is hard to say what attitude the two sides will take."
Although there are conflicts between the North and the South, the most fundamental conflict is that both sides want to defeat the other side and gain hegemony. If a third party emerges at this time, it will pose a threat to both sides, and it is possible that the two sides will take the lead in dealing with the third party.
Not to mention other things, it only took Fang Jian a year to take over Nanshan Province after his rise, and after three years of development he had the strength to defeat the coalition forces of 300,000.
Anyone with a little foresight in the North or the South could easily see the threat posed by Francis Xavier.
After listening to Fang Jian's analysis, Tao Yunong's expression also condensed: "Commander, don't worry, the Intelligence Department will always pay attention to the movements of the North and the South."
Fang Jian nodded slightly. He was still very confident in the Intelligence Department. After three years of development, the Intelligence Department's personnel had become more capable, and they had bribed many high-level officials in both the North and the South.
"Send a telegram to Fang Guoxuan, leaving the 1st, 2nd, 10th, and 11th divisions to defend Changhuan."
"Transfer the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th divisions back to Nanling. At the same time, recruit new reserve soldiers to supplement each division."
"At the same time, we will recruit reserve soldiers in Nanchuan Province and form the 21st and 22nd divisions, all composed of Nanchuan people."
Nanchuan has established a military academy and a political and legal school, but it is still new, and it will take a long time to export talents.
Tao Yunong carefully took note of Fang Ji'an's instructions and went to the telecommunications office to send a message to Changhuan and Nandu.
After receiving the order, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th Divisions immediately set out for Nanling.
Recruitment was also started in Nanchuan, but because Nanchuan had been in constant war, many people were reluctant to join the army, so the results were not ideal.
After receiving this news, Fang Jian was not in a hurry. Although it was imperative to set up a force composed of Nanchuan people, Nanchuan had not yet returned to his heart and did not have much sense of identity with him, so it was normal to encounter this situation.
This is when Shao Wenli's Organization and Propaganda Department can come into play.
After three years of development, propaganda departments exist not only in the military but also in government agencies.
The staff of the Propaganda Departments in various places will publicize the latest policies in various places, and posting notices, hanging banners, etc. are all under the management of the Propaganda Department.
Fang Jian instructed Wang Hu beside him, "Send a telegram to Nanling and ask Shao Wenli to bring the Propaganda Department to Nanchuan to publicize our policies in various places."
"At the same time, let Zhao Zhenquan and Chen Shuhe enter Nanchuan to explore mineral deposits, etc."
"Yes, Commander." After answering, Wang Hu went to arrange for the communications office to send a telegram to Nanling.
When Zhuang Jiwu entered Nanchuan, he brought some industrial and commercial talents with him, preparing to start breeding and set up factories in Nanchuan.
The development of Nanchuan is roughly a replica of Nanshan, with only slight differences in details.
When Nanchuan was developing in full swing, Feng Huamin retreated into Linjiang City and sent a telegram of defeat to the Northern Government, which immediately caused a huge uproar in the Northern Government.
In the capital, a high-level meeting of the northern government was held, with many senior officials gathered.
Yuan Yueting looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, Commander Feng's southern expedition was defeated. What should we do now?"
Yuan Yueting was under great pressure at this time. Although he had gathered a lot of power over the years, he was only the president after all, not the ancient emperor.
Even though the ancient emperors held the power of life and death, they could not really kill anyone they wanted. It also depended on the other party's background, whether it was easy to kill him, what impact killing him would have, etc.
The President was even worse. Faced with the old foxes of the previous dynasty who had become silent, Yuan Yueting didn't have many good solutions.
When he is powerful, these people are very honest, but once his power declines, these people will jump out.
Two hundred thousand troops were stationed in Sanjiang, but were ultimately defeated at Changhuan. Who knows how much more dirty things this will lead to, which made Yuan Yueting very helpless.
Everyone looked at each other, and did not speak immediately, but fell into deep thought.
After a while, Wu Peisheng, the Deputy Minister of National Defense, finally broke the silence: "Mr. President, the defeat at Changhuan was entirely due to Commander Feng's fault."
"Commander Feng should have sent troops to Nanshan long ago, but he stayed in Sanjiang for more than 20 days without any reason, which made the soldiers and generals lose their fighting spirit and led to the defeat at Changhuan. I dare to request that Commander Feng be severely punished."
Wu Peisheng's words were meant to exonerate Yuan Yueting, putting all the blame for the defeat on Feng Huamin and getting Yuan Yueting out of the situation.
Wu Peisheng used to belong to Li Bingqing's faction, but he was in a high position and could not be easily moved. Later, he defected to Yuan Yueting to keep his position.
Yuan Yueting did not have much trust in Wu Peisheng because he joined later. Wu Peisheng wanted to seize this opportunity to show his loyalty to Yuan Yueting.
"Yes, this is all caused by Commander Feng acting on his own initiative and not obeying the central government's orders."
"Those who disobey orders must be severely punished."
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After hearing Wu Peisheng's words, many people from the Yuan faction expressed their agreement and requested that Feng Huamin be punished.
Originally, Cao Zhongqi was somewhat secretly happy about Feng Huamin's defeat, as he was dissatisfied with Yuan Yueting's decision to send Feng Huamin as commander-in-chief.
Seeing that these people directly put the blame on Feng Huamin and removed Yuan Yueting, although he was dissatisfied, he could only agree with a few words. After all, he still belonged to the Yuan faction.
Seeing that no one objected, Yuan Yueting nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, then send someone to bring Feng Huamin back to the capital and temporarily relieve him of his duties."
When saying this, Yuan Yueting still felt a little guilty, after all, he was the one who agreed to Feng Huamin's strategy in the first place.
After seeing that the matter was settled, Cao Zhongqi asked, "Mr. President, now that we have been defeated, do we still need to use troops against Changhuan?"
"Cough." Yuan Yueting coughed lightly and fell into silence.
Yuan Yueting was also undecided about whether to continue to use troops against Nanshan. The Northern Government still had nine armies, eight divisions, and 350,000 people, plus the remaining troops in Sanjiang, so they were still capable of fighting.
But mobilizing all military forces to deal with the Nanshan Army was not a good thing for the Northern government.
Not to mention that the new army in the south was eyeing him covetously, just the specific strength of the Nanshan Army made Yuan Yueting very wary.
Feng Huamin had an army of 200,000, Feng Zhangshan also had 110,000 troops, and there were Yun Zhizhou's 50,000 Yunshan troops, a total of 360,000 people.
This made Yuan Yueting very worried. Even if the Northern Government attacked Nanshan with all its might, it might not be able to defeat Fang Jian.
Even if Francis Xavier was defeated, how would he deal with the new army in the south and the warlord forces in various places?
If troops are drawn from all over the place, what will happen if there are any unusual movements by Zhang Futing in the northeast and Ma Yunshan in the northern desert? These two people are not easy to deal with.
When Yuan Yueting was having a headache, Shen Congfu, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Interior, said, "Mr. President, why don't we unite with the new southern army and attack Nanshan Province together?"
"What?" Upon hearing this proposal, not only Yuan Yueting was in disbelief, but many people present also exclaimed.
Are you kidding me? The conflict between the North and the South has a long history. Moreover, Fang Jian is an ally of the new army in the South. He is joining forces with the enemy's ally. Are you sure he is ok?