Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 280 Bright Muscles

Lin Hongfei made it clear that he wanted to stand by and watch the fall of the king in Hubei Province. He didn't care if Wang Zichun stepped down or not. He only cared about the stability of western Hubei.

Therefore, after receiving Lin Hongfei's reply, Wu Yongquan immediately led his troops to control several key arteries in western Hubei to prevent any forces that fell from the king from entering western Hubei.

In a word, you and Wang Zichun love to toss and toss as much as you want, but you must not mess up West Hubei.

However, the situation of Lin Hongfei sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight did not last long, and Wang Zichun sent a special envoy, Xu Jingcheng, to Jiangbei to ask Lin Hongfei to see him.

Although Xu Jingcheng, the special envoy of Hubei Province, is almost 50 years old and a round older than Lin Hongfei, after seeing Lin Hongfei, he immediately assumed a respectful and humble attitude:

"Shuai Yun, the humble Xu Jingcheng, came to bother you today because of the war in Hubei Province. Governor Wang begs you to give him a hand for the sake of Marshal Cao and Marshal Wu!"

The more Xu Jingcheng spoke, the more urgent his tone became, and his expression became flustered and anxious.

Seeing Xu Jingcheng's anxious look, Lin Hongfei just smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, then put down the teacup and said unhurriedly:

"Mr. Xu, where do you start with this? Although I have never met Dujun Wang, I have heard of him quite a bit."

"Under Governor Wang's command, there is a reorganized second division and five mixed brigades. The leading officers are all powerful soldiers in the army. Such forces, even I, dare not confront them head-on."

"Mr. Xu asked me to help the king's governor. I dare not take that."

"If this gets out, everyone should call me Lin Hongfei arrogant!"

When Xu Jingcheng heard this, he quickly explained: "Shuai Yun, you don't know something. The Hunan army under Zhao Yanwu's command is really powerful. The second division of Dujun Wang fought bloody battles with them in Puqi for several days, and not only did they not repel the Hunan army. , but lost multiple positions.”

"Wang Dujun has already asked Yushuai and his old man for help. Yushuai sent Xiao Yaonan to lead the 25th division to support him, but Xiao Yaonan stopped advancing when he arrived in Hankou."

"Wang Dujun urged him several times, but he didn't leave. Xiao Yaonan made it clear that he wanted to wait and see the changes and benefit from it."

Speaking of this, Xu Jingcheng looked up at Lin Hongfei, eyes full of anxiety: "Right now, the only one who can save Governor Wang is you, Yun Shuai."

"Wang Dujun said that as long as you can lead troops to rescue, you will have the final say on the military and political affairs of Western Hubei in the future, and he will never intervene."

"Moreover, all the military expenses for the expedition you led this time will be paid by Governor Wang, and you will never be allowed to spend a penny."

Xu Jingcheng pleaded: "Yun Shuai, please see that Ling'e and Hubei are across the river and adjacent to each other, give the king and governor a hand!"

Lin Hongfei seemed to be persuaded by Xu Jingcheng's sincere words. He stood up, walked to Xu Jingcheng's side, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously.

Xu Jingcheng was a frail scholar, and when Lin Hongfei slapped him like this, his body was straight off and almost fell to the ground.

"Mr. Xu, since you've said so much, it would be too unreasonable for me not to help!"

"How about this, Mr. Xu, you go back to Hubei Province to spread the word and tell Governor Wang that I, Lin Hongfei, will lead troops into Hubei within three days!"

When Xu Jingcheng heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He bowed deeply and said gratefully: "Thank you, Shuai Yun, for sending troops to help. Jingcheng will go back to Hubei and inform Governor Wang!"

Xu Jingcheng didn't stay long in Jiangbei. After receiving Lin Hongfei's letter of approval, he hurried back to Hubei Province to report the letter.

And just after Xu Jingcheng left the military governor's office, Wu Yongquan appeared in the front hall where Lin Hongfei received Xu Jingcheng.

He came back from the west of Hubei to Lingnan Province yesterday, and he also wanted to discuss with Lin Hongfei face to face for some matters in Hubei Province.

After seeing Xu Jingcheng leave, Wu Yongquan came out from behind, and said with a smile: "Why, do you really want to send troops to help Wang Zichun?"

Lin Hongfei snorted coldly: "Help him? Unless I drink too much!"

"He, Wang Zichun, made a mess of E province and caused public outrage. Only when I'm dizzy will I stand by his side!"

Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei said sarcastically: "This Governor Wang is really stingy, he treats his subordinates stingy and deducts military pay."

"Now that something is asked of me, it's outrageous to be stingy."

"He paid for the cost of dispatching troops. Isn't this nonsense? Could it be possible to let me bring my own dry food? The landlord Lao Cai hires long-term labor and still takes care of the food."

"What's the matter with West Hubei, he will never intervene again."

"Bullshit!"

"He wants to intervene, let him intervene a try!"

Wu Yongquan also sneered and said, "Otherwise, could the second division under his command have a mutiny because of the deduction of military pay!"

"The combat effectiveness of the Second Division is quite good, and Sun Xinyuan, who leads the army, is not an ordinary person."

"I think the Second Division has a good location, but it can't defeat the Hunan Army that came from afar. I'm afraid it has something to do with the mutiny some time ago."

"The morale of the army is gone, who will fight for you with their lives!"

Lin Hongfei laughed: "It can be said that for such a little military salary, he ruined his entire province's foundation."

"You can't live by committing sin!"

Speaking of this, Wu Yongquan looked at Lin Hongfei and said, "Then, what should we do next? I will continue to station in western Hubei, or you will lead the team into Hubei."

Lin Hongfei thought for a while and said, "The King of E Province fell, and Wang Zichun asked Yushuai for help. Our [-]th Division is the closest to Hubei Province. It stands to reason that Yushuai should send us into Hubei."

"But Yushuai sent Xiao Yaonan, which shows that Yushuai wants to hand over Hubei province to Xiao Yaonan."

"Since the old man has made such an arrangement, we naturally can't spoil the old man's plan."

"E Province can be handed over to Xiao Yaonan, but we also have to show our fists in advance. We have no objection to Xiao Yaonan being the governor of Hubei Province. But don't think that as a governor, he can extend his hand to the west of Hubei."

Wu Yongquan understood Lin Hongfei's meaning, he nodded and said: "You mean that you lead troops into Hubei, let Xiao Yaonan know how powerful we are, and don't want to meddle in the affairs of Western Hubei in the future."

Lin Hongfei smiled and said, "That's right, that's what it means!"

"Over there in the west of Hubei, you continue to guard the key roads. No matter whether it is Wang Zichun's remaining troops or Zhao Yanwu's Hunan army, you cannot let them in."

"Leave the rest to me!"

The plan was made, and the two immediately split up, and Wu Yongquan set off for western Hubei the next day.

This time, Lin Hongfei went to Hubei just to show off his muscles and shine his fists, not to fight.

Therefore, he did not bring too many soldiers this time. Instead, he selected more than 3 elites to board the sailboat, and under the escort of [-] armored gunboats, he sailed along the Yangtze River towards Wuhan.