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"Great, Brother Biaochen. Tomorrow I will call the officers of the Second Army to come to Xi'an for a meeting. You will get to know them then."

"Yes."

In fact, Duan Xun was amused.

Duan Xun happily agreed to Li Bingzhi to let Liu Huchen be the commander of the No.13 mixed brigade.But this army always needs to be replaced, and it also needs to be replenished with fresh blood.

But the No.13 mixed brigade is stationed in Ya'an, just next to Chengdu.Whether it is the recruits added or the new officers, which one does not need the support of Duan Xun.At that time, it will be easy for Duan Xun to do tricks.Moreover, Duan Xun controls the logistics of the No.13 mixed brigade, so where else can the No.13 mixed brigade go.

It's just that before Li Bingzhi was there, Duan Xun couldn't play tricks.

After all, it doesn't sound good to say that both of them are classmates.But as long as Li Bingzhi leaves the No.13 mixed brigade, then Duan Xun will not have so many worries.Moreover, Duan Xun really didn't pay attention to the 13-strong No.4000 mixed brigade.

"General Liu."

"arrive."

"No need to do this, sit, sit. General Liu, you belonged to the Sichuan-Tibet Frontier Army and directly belonged to the Ministry of Army. But I would like to ask General Liu if you have ever thought about working here. If you would like to stay with me Here, then you don't have to think about the affairs of the Ministry of War, I will solve it for you."

Duan Xun admired Liu Zanting very much.

From the suppression of the Tibetan rebellion this time, Liu Zanting is definitely brave and resourceful, and he is a capable general with both civil and military skills.More importantly, Liu Zanting is a proud man.When the Tibetan army besieged Batang, the British put pressure on Liu Zanting several times, asking Liu Zanting to give up Batang and sign a contract with the Tibetan army.

But Liu Zanting resisted.

This made Duan Xun appreciate the 30-year-old general in front of him very much, so he wanted to keep him under his own hands.

"If General Duan is willing to trust me, I am willing to stay with General Duan."

"it is good."

Duan Xun was overjoyed.

Talents like Liu Zanting, who are both civil and military, are definitely hard to come by.So Duan Xun immediately said: "General Liu, then you stay with me now and get familiar with my troops. Then I will arrange your work."

"Yes."

191 Encirclement and Suppression Plan

On October 1918, 10, Liu Zhenhua arrived in Xi'an belatedly.

Liu Zhenhua has aged a lot.

Although in the west of Henan, Liu Zhenhua's troops were equally unpopular, and they were also miscellaneous troops.However, Western Henan is the old nest of Zhensong Army after all. Here, Zhensong Army has all kinds of connections, so it is convenient for them to do anything.Even if there is not enough appropriation from above, Liu Zhenhua still has a way to raise military expenses.

But after Lu Jianzhang entered Shaanxi, the situation was completely different.

When Lu Jianzhang was the governor of Shaanxi, he was completely a person who looked down on those collaterals.The important generals under him all came from his direct lineage.The high-level officials in the government system in Xi'an all speak Anhui dialect.Because Lu Jianzhang is from Anhui, all the people working under him are from his hometown.

Lu Jianzhang became the governor of Shaanxi and abolished most of the original four brigades of the Shaanxi Army.Only Chen Shufan, who was willing to kneel and lick Lu Jianzhang, and even became a brother with Lu Chengwu, survived with a brigade.In other words, there was only one brigade left of the Shaanxi Army troops of the original four brigades.

As for Liu Zhenhua?

Lu Jianzhang didn't even look him in the eye.

Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army was born as a bandit in western Henan, and Lu Jianzhang looked down on Zhensong Army in the first place.In addition, the Zhensong Army is not Lu Jianzhang's direct descendant, so Lu Jianzhang doesn't care about him even more.So Lu Jianzhang gave him the establishment of a regiment and sent him away.But speaking of it, when Liu Zhenhua was in Western Henan, he had three regiments. Although Bai Lang later knocked out one regiment, he still had two regiments when he entered Shaanxi.But Lu Jianzhang gave Liu Zhenhua the establishment of a regiment, and he didn't even pay the military expenses of a regiment, which is really deceiving.But what can I do.At that time, Lu Jianzhang was in Shaanxi with his hands covering the sky and his power was overwhelming. All the big men in the Shaanxi army could only be honest and honest. What can Liu Zhenhua, a foreigner, say.

Fortunately, a year later, the National Protection Movement occurred.

Liu Zhenhua took refuge in Chen Shufan during the National Defense Movement, and eventually expelled Lu Jianzhang.After Chen Shufan became the governor of Shaanxi, he was stingy with his former subordinates like Hu Jingyi, who had made great contributions, so how could he give Liu Zhenhua a good face.

Liu Zhenhua was given the position of guerrilla commander, but only the establishment of two regiments.

Still shit is not.

Like Lu Jianzhang, the establishment was given, but the military expenditure was not given freely.Always in arrears with military pay, which made Liu Zhenhua very angry.Fortunately, when the Dharma Protection War broke out, Liu Zhenhua and his Zhensong Army were able to catch their breath.Taking advantage of the very lively battle between Chen Shufan and the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army, he expanded his army in the Tongzhou area and supported more than 6000 troops at once.

Has begun to have a tendency to be semi-independent.

But just when Liu Zhenhua wanted to continue developing his strength, he received a telegram from Duan Xun.Liu Zhenhua couldn't afford to provoke Duan Xun, so he could only come to Xi'an.The past few years have been so unsatisfactory, and Liu Zhenhua has really aged a lot.

It can't be compared with Duan Xun's first time seeing Liu Zhenhua in Western Henan.

"Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for many years."

"Commander Duan, you are too polite."

Liu Zhenhua bent down almost at a ninety-degree angle to salute Duan Xun.

Time has changed.

Liu Zhenhua met Duan Xun for the first time more than five years ago. At that time, Duan Xun was just a bandit suppression commander, and he only had a regiment under him.At that time, Liu Zhenhua already had three infantry regiments and one artillery battalion, with more than 4000 people under his command.

But more than five years have passed, and Liu Zhenhua's life is not as chic as it was five years ago, and he is completely dependent on others in Shaanxi.But Duan Xun is already the overlord of the Southwest, the border defense supervisor of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, with nearly 20 troops in his hands.

The difference between heaven and earth.

That's why Liu Zhenhua's attitude is so low.

"Brother Liu, you are being polite."

"Don't dare."

Liu Zhenhua is really a person who can bend and stretch, and has kept a very low profile since meeting Duan Xun.No wonder Liu Zhenhua has been able to persevere in such a difficult environment after entering Shaanxi, and his ability is not weak.

"Sit all."

After picking up Liu Zhenhua, Duan Xun took the main seat carelessly and asked Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua to sit down.

"Chen Dujun (Chen Shufan), Liu Commander (Liu Zhenhua), both of you should know why I entered Shaanxi this time. I just want to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army as soon as possible. I talked with Chen Dujun some time ago, and what Chen Dujun meant was What do you think, Commander Liu, to encircle Guo Jian's troops first?"

Straight to the point.

Duan Xun asked Liu Zhenhua directly.

Liu Zhenhua was a little angry.In fact, Liu Zhenhua also believed that it would be more beneficial to eliminate Guo Jian first.Because in the Shanxi Yasukuni Army, although there were big men like Yu Youren and Zhang Fang, the two core members were Hu Jingyi and Guo Jian.

The main force of the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army is the force of the two of them.

Now that Hu Jingyi is detained in Xi'an, if Guo Jian is wiped out again, the Shaanxi Jinguo Army will definitely suffer heavy losses.It will definitely have huge benefits for the encirclement and suppression of the Yasukuni Army in Shaanxi.But Liu Zhenhua couldn't be happy.

Because of the encirclement and suppression of Guo Jian, Duan Xun's troops must come to Tongzhou, which is currently Liu Zhenhua's control area.Liu Zhenhua managed to get a piece of territory. Of course, he would not be happy if other troops were allowed in.

A brigade of Duan Xun is now stationed in Weinan.

But Liu Zhenhua glanced at Duan Xun, Chen Shufan, who was sitting over there with a bad face, and the soldiers standing guard outside, without much hesitation, he said directly: "Chen Dujun thinks very well. I also think we should destroy Guo Guo first." Strong troops."

Liu Zhenhua's statement made Duan Xun smile slightly, and looked at Chen Shufan next to him.