Beiyang reactionaries

Sure enough, he is a good general.Among the current generals under Lu Rongting, Lin Hu is definitely the most powerful one.

But the loss is also huge.

The Second Army of the Guangdong Army originally had 8000 to [-] people. After this blocking battle, only about [-] people were able to follow Lin Hu to retreat.Others were either killed or injured, and many collapsed.

The troops were almost broken up.

If it weren't for Lin Hu's strong ability to command troops, he wouldn't be able to bring out such a force.In just a few days, the dominant Lu Rongting troops lost the entire Chaoshan area, with more than 6000 casualties, 8000 captured and scattered, and a total loss of 4000 people.In addition to the bloody battle with the Cantonese Army for more than 20 days before, Inland Rongting lost more than [-] troops in the Chaoshan area within this month.It can be said that it hurts muscles and bones.

More importantly, the sudden intervention of the Zhejiang Army and the Yunnan Army caught Lu Rongting by surprise.

Guangzhou.

The big bosses of Lu Rongting's army are all sitting here, even the big bosses of the Guangdong Dharma Protectorate Military Government are here.Because everyone knows that the sudden rebellion of the Zhejiang Army and the Yunnan Army is definitely not something that Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi can do.If they can do it, it is impossible for the Zhejiang Army and the Yunnan Army to wait until now.

Someone must have done the work.

who's that person?

Everyone knew that it was Sun Yat-sen who was driven away by them.Only Sun Yat-sen took action to allow the always neutral Lu Gongwang Zhejiang Army and Zhu Peide and Fang Shengtao's Guangdong Army to participate in the war.

This is not good news for them.

It was they who cooperated in expelling Sun Yat-sen at the beginning.Sun Yat-sen is definitely not a "broad-minded" person.If he comes back, those who have sinned against him before will definitely be liquidated by him.

So all are here.

Lin Hu, who had just returned to Guangzhou, also attended the meeting regardless of his physical exhaustion.Facing Lu Rongting, he said what he meant.Now the Guangdong Army, Zhejiang Army, and Yunnan Army are coming in menacingly, and they must be heavily defended.

On the other side of Guangxi, Duan Xun's troops also came to Guiping.

Lin Hu is a warrior.

independent thinking.Although Lin Hu is not from Lu Rongting's direct lineage, Lu Rongting has always been very kind to Lin Hu.Lin Hu was able to serve as the commander of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army because of Lu Rongting's respect, so he was very willing to consider Lu Rongting.With Lu Rongting's current situation, it is absolutely impossible to start a war on both sides.

In fact, Lu Rongting's current strength is still very strong.

After all, Lu Rongting still has a relatively complete 5000-member Guangdong Army's First Army, and Lin Hu's Guangdong Army's Second Army has about [-] people.In Guangzhou, there are about [-] people from the Second Guangxi Army under Lin Junting, and about [-] people under Lu Fuxiang's Guangzhou Garrison.In the Guiping area, there are also Lu Yuguang's Guangxi Army First Army, Han Caifeng's Rongzi Battalion Remnant, Guangxi Governor's Guard and Nanning Garrison, which add up to [-] people.As well as the Shaozhou area, Shen Hongying still has [-] troops.

It can be said that Lu Rongting currently has about 5 regular troops.

The strength is still very strong.

Can wrestle with any of them.But there is no ability to fight on both sides.

But when Lin Hu spoke like this, everyone glared at Lin Hu.Because among these people here, the real powerful faction is from the Gui army, and their hometowns are all in Guangxi.They don't want to give up Guangxi.

After all, Guangdong is not my hometown.

But Lin Hu's behavior is forcing Tang Jiyao to make a decision.

As long as a smart person knows how to choose?Guangxi is poor, and the fiscal revenue of the entire Guangxi province is not half of that of Guangzhou.Guangdong is truly rich, and Guangzhou is even richer among the rich.

How could Lu Rongting give up Guangzhou.

If you don't give up Guangzhou, you have to give up Guangxi.Those bigwigs from the Guangxi family are all from Guangxi, how could they be happy.But Lin Hu didn't care.Because Lin Hu is also from Guangxi, but Lin Hu believes that the current Lu Rongting should give up Guangxi in order to keep Guangzhou.

As long as Guangzhou is in hand, then Lu Rongting will not be short of money, have the opportunity to expand the army, and have the opportunity to rise again.But as long as Lu Rongting gives up Guangzhou and returns to Guangxi, especially now that most of Guangxi is occupied by Duan Xun, what can he do when he goes back.If you want money but no money, and weapons but no weapons, you can only wait for death when you return to Guangxi.

Lin Hu had never fought against Duan Xun's troops.

But judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Duan Xun is even more difficult to deal with.After all, Duan Xun already has three infantry divisions and two temporary divisions in Guangxi, with 6 troops.Although the Gui army can fight at home and occupy a certain advantage.But who wins and who loses is really not certain.

"What do you think?"

Although Lu Rongting had made a decision in his heart, he had to worry about the feelings of his subordinates and the people of Guangxi, so he didn't say it directly, but asked Lin Hu instead.This time Lin Hu's performance made Lu Rongting very satisfied and trusting.

Much better than Shen Hongying's performance.

Shen Hongying is a loach.His Guangdong Army Third Army unit had only about 6000 people when it went out. It fought in the Chaoshan area for a full month, but in the end it was able to take away more than 4000 people. This ability to preserve strength is too strong.

"Marshal, I think keeping Guangzhou is the top priority now. Duan Xun has been eyeing our Guangxi for many years. This time, five divisions have entered Guangxi. It is not so easy to expel them. On the contrary, Chen Jiongming and his Guangdong Army, Lu Although Gongwang’s Zhejiang Army, Fang Shengtao, and Zhu Peide’s Yunnan Army are coming aggressively, their combined forces are only about 2. In fact, their strength is not strong at all. The number of troops that can even attack Guangzhou will not exceed 5000 .As long as we make good arrangements, there will be no problem blocking them in Dongguan and Zengcheng.”

"You mean to give up Guangxi?"

Tan Haoming stared at Lin Hu.

Lin Hu despised Tan Haoming in his heart, just like the officers of the Gui Army Model Battalion despised Tan Haoming back then.These people are all real talents, and rely on their skills to make a living.What I look down on the most is Tan Haoming, who has no skills, but has always been in a high position by relying on Lu Rongting.

So Lin Hu said directly: "Yes."

"Then do you know that the root of our Guangxi family is in Guangxi?"

Tan Haoming was furious.

Grandma a bear.

I am the governor of Guangxi. If Guangxi is lost, what will I do as the governor of Guangxi? Is it impossible to manage the map?That's why Tan Haoming objected in such a hurry.

"Tan Dujun, how many people do we have in Guiping? How many troops has Duan Xun assembled so far? How much ammunition do we have? Can we withstand the loss of ammunition in a two-sided war? This time we fought with the Guangdong Army for a full month. The losses are huge, and the ammunition consumption is also huge. Do we have the ability to fight another big battle with Duan Xun's tens of thousands of troops? We want both, and we may lose everything in the end. And as long as there is Guangzhou, we There will be no shortage of money, and we will be able to raise soldiers."

"All right."

Lu Rongting interrupted the argument between Tan Haoming and Lin Hu.

If you stop, you will suffer.

Guangxi, that is Lu Rongting's lair, how could Lu Rongting be willing to lose, not only unwilling but also very heartbroken.But Lin Hu is right, Guangzhou is a cornucopia, how can Guangxi compare with Guangzhou.

At present, only heavyweight cities like Shanghai and Tianjin can be compared with Guangzhou in the whole country, and then cities like Qingdao, Chongqing, and Hankou.In places around Guangzhou, the annual fiscal revenue can reach more than 2000 million.Even if you just add a tax, you can get millions of income in minutes.

And what about Guangxi?

It is difficult for the entire province's fiscal revenue to add up to more than ten million.Especially after Duan Xun banned opium in Yunnan and Guizhou, Lu Rongting could not collect opium tax in Guangxi and lost a lot of money.

From the perspective of interests, Guangzhou is indeed more important.

"Retreat. Send a telegram to the boss (Lu Yuguang) and ask him to withdraw. Don't get entangled with Duan Xun's troops and retreat to Wuzhou."

"Big brother."

Tan Haoming was very anxious and wanted to say something.But Lu Rongting waved his hand and said: "There is no need to discuss this issue. Now is not the time to discuss this issue. Yinqing (Lin Hu)."

"Master."

"You are here to reorganize your Second Division of the Guangdong Army."

"Yes."