Chapter 713: Surrounding Wu Peifu and Cao Kun

"Brother Baili was the principal of Baoding Military Academy before. This is a rare experience in military academy management. I plan to demote myself as the principal of the Huangpu Army Officer School and instead hire Baili as the principal of the Huangpu Army Officer School. I wonder what Brother Baili wants?" Wu Shaoting said solemnly.

"If I remember correctly, the Huangpu Army Officer School is Wu Zhizheng's hard work. Almost all the middle and lower-level officers of the three main divisions in Guangdong were from the Huangpu Military Academy. Wu Zhizheng really wanted to do so?" Jiang Baili said with a serious expression and asked seriously.

"What's the saying that you are willing to let go? The Whampoa Military Academy is a military academy, aiming to train soldiers who serve the country. Since his school started, Wu has rarely been interested in school affairs. He used to be the governor of Guangdong, but now he is exhausted and has no extra effort to take care of the country. Brother Baili is a talented military school and has great national justice. Why do I feel at ease if I take a closer look at the size of the Whampoa Military Academy? He takes care of the size of the Whampoa Military Academy. He has no choice but to take a step back, and finally find a suitable leader for the reserve national defense force, which is also considered a contribution." Wu Shaoting explained.

Jiang Baili nodded with deep emotion. Wu Shaoting could even leave his strength and foundation to him to take care of. Regardless of other high-sounding reasons, this trust alone was enough to move him. His expression gradually showed a solemn look, and he said in a sincere and serious tone: "With the favor and trust of Wu Zhuzheng, Fang Zhen's humble body is limited in ability, but he has worked hard to go and will never bear heavy burdens."

Wu Shaoting was very pleased that the talented man who was highly regarded as a man of great self-esteem claimed to be humble, which shows that Jiang Baili took over the position sincerely, and the Whampoa Military Academy handed over to Jiang Baili to manage will definitely be carried forward.

Considering that Jiang Baili had just got off the train, Wu Shaoting did not say anything else, but only taught Jiang Baili to go to the United Association’s guesthouse for a few days to rest, and then go to the government to report and accept the order. Then he will discuss the details in detail.

After Deng Keng and Li Xuanting sent Jiang Baili out, they returned to Wu Shaoting's office.

"Ship Ting, are you really planning to turn down as principal of the Whampoa Military Academy? Is this crazy student Jiang Baili still the Whampoa Military Academy in his hands? Will the Whampoa Military Academy be loyal to Ting Shuai?" Deng Keng asked with some anxiety. When he heard Wu Shaoting explain this, he was already surprised. If it weren't for the hindrance of Jiang Baili's presence, he would have been afraid that he would have blurted out his questions at that time.

Li Xuanting worked with Wu Shaoting for a short time and did not have the qualifications to express his opinions at this time. However, he had the same question as Deng Keng. No matter how talented and capable Jiang Baili was, the other party was a person who had just come from the north. How could he be entrusted with important tasks at once?

Wu Shaoting said without changing his expression, "Shi Yuan, as I said just now, I believe in Brother Songpo's recommendation. Even if you don't trust Jiang Baili, you should trust Cai Songpo. The Whampoa Military Academy has almost no development in recent years, and it is completely step by step. Military talents must adapt to the development of the times, otherwise they will be eliminated on the battlefield sooner or later. Instead of having a false principal, I might as well let go and hand it over to the knowledgeable people to govern. Jiang Baili is a rare talent in this area, and he will definitely not disappoint me."

Deng Keng said again: "But the Whampoa Military Academy is Ting Shuai's backbone force. If Jiang Baili makes drastic reforms, will the subsequent students still be controlled by Ting Shuai?"

Wu Shaoting smiled slightly and said, "Jiang Baili is not a pedantic person. He is just as dedicated to the national defense cause as Songpo. Even if he rectified the Whampoa Military Academy, I believe that the core idea is still the country supreme. I cannot control military power for the rest of my life, nor do I want to control military power for the rest of my life. In this extraordinary era, I can only deal with it with extraordinary means. When one day the country is prosperous and the people are safe and the world is pacified, the military power must be handed over, not to my ***, but to the country!"

Deng Keng and Li Xuanting were stunned, obviously not able to understand Wu Shaoting's words.

Wu Shaoting did not expect anyone to understand his thoughts. His dictatorship was not because of his greed for power, but because of the current situation, he could only do extraordinary things with extraordinary means. In his opinion, military power should always belong to the state, not owned by someone. Therefore, instilling the idea of ​​national honor in the army as soon as possible can also lay a solid foundation for the future. For every soldier, what they obey should never be the will of a certain person, but the mission entrusted by the state.

In fact, he understood the character of Jiang Baili and Cai E. The reason why he said Jiang Baili was not a pedantic person just now was because Jiang Baili could tell when to support power and when to oppose dictatorship. Just as Cai E had been in Beijing before, Cai E believed that Yuan Shikai had the ability to complete national unification, so he could stand on the side of the Beiyang government without any complaints and support Yuan Shikai to rectify the whole country with tough skills.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wu Shaoting issued an instruction to appoint Huang Xing as the governor of Zhejiang and Zhu Rui as the chief minister of Zhejiang Civil Affairs.

The day after the Hangzhou Battle ended, Zhu Rui lost all the aftermath work in Huzhou and hurried to Hangzhou to meet with Huang Xing, Xu Chongzhi and others. Zhu Rui was indeed not very happy about losing his position as the general secretary and replacing it with the result of the Chief of Civil Affairs, but the one who replaced him was Huang Xing, who was very famous and supported by a large number of local forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and finally had to accept this reality.

Wu Shaoting also made a detailed explanation about Lu Gongwang's handling of Lu Gongwang. He did not intend to let Lu Gongwang go south to Wuzhou to take up a position. After all, the forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are very complicated. Lu Gongwang is a well-known figure in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he always has to give him some face. Of course, he also needs to keep Lu Gongwang checks and balances other forces in Zhejiang Province.

The government appointed Lu Gongwang as the commander of the Hangzhou garrison and also commanded the commander of the Third Division of the Zhejiang Army in the old headquarters. However, this time the Hangzhou garrison's office was the opposite of the Jiahu garrison's office. It was nominally the Hangzhou garrison's office, but the garrison was located in Wenzhou. Wu Shaoting's intention was to take care of Lu Gongwang, so as to prevent Lu Gongwang from having conflicts with Hu Xuefei, and at the same time, he could also restrain him from the outside to the inside.

As for Xu Chongzhi's plan to reorganize the captured 9th Division of the Beiyang Army and the 10th Division, Wu Shaoting also approved it. Two new numbers were drawn up, to be the 6th Division of the Southern Alliance and the 7th Division of the Southern Alliance. The rectification and training work of the two new divisions was jointly responsible by the theater command and the 6th Division Command. After the training was completed, it was temporarily incorporated into the 6th Division sequence.

While Zhejiang Province is gradually restoring order, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu are at a loss for their current situation in the temporary camp of the Beiyang Army in Fu'an County. After this period of hard work, although the New Eighth Division and the 40th Division have achieved great results, the situation is becoming increasingly unclear. With Lu Yongxiang's defeat in Hangzhou, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu are completely trapped here, with less and less logistics supplies and guns and ammunition. The front-line troops can no longer advance after they advance to Luoyuan County. The combat plan to attack Fuzhou has obviously failed.

Cao Kun sat next to the sand table with a gloomy face, holding an unlit pipe in his mouth, and a thick cloud of sorrow furrowed between his eyebrows.

Chief of Staff Chen Tiaoyuan paced back and forth, complaining in his heart. He had known that he shouldn't have taken this risk with Cao Kun at the beginning, and he should have gone north from Wenzhou to return to Nanjing. Now, the difference in thought made me trapped here too.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the corridor, and an orderly soldier ran in with a telegram.

Chen Tiaoyuan couldn't wait to ask: "Is there any news in Wenzhou?"

The orderly soldier passed the telegram and said with a sigh: "The First Division of the Fujian Army has sent troops back to Lishui and is repairing the railway between Lishui and Wenzhou. It is expected to occupy Wenzhou in the next two days."

Chen Tiaoyuan threw the telegram to the ground in annoyance and said excitedly: "It's great now, there's no hope at all."

Cao Kun naturally heard the orderly words, but he remained calm, took out his pipe from his mouth, and slowly began to fill in the tobacco.

Seeing this, Chen Tiaoyuan felt even more anxious. He ran to Cao Kun angrily and shouted angrily: "Sir Cao, when is it now? Do you still have time to smoke?"

Cao Kun looked up at Chen Tiaoyuan casually and said coldly: "I know that it's urgent. Can urgent solve the problem? At this time, we should calm down, at least we are not in a desperate situation yet!"

Chen Tiaoyuan sneered: "This is not a desperate situation yet? Wenzhou is gone, Fuzhou has not been defeated, and what surrounds Wei and saves Zhao, and what is unexpected, now it has become a dream bubble. We cannot move forward and cannot retreat backward. You said, is this not a desperate situation?"

Cao Kun sneered: "At least you can still stand here and lose your temper now."

Chen Tiao was so angry that his teeth were itchy, but he couldn't do anything to Cao Kun, so he had to snortfully, turn around and continue pace back and forth, but his heart became more and more irritable and uneasy.

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from outside the camp. Looking out through the window, a group of cavalry surrounded by generals and headed into the camp. The general jumped off the horse's back, Lei Liefeng ordered his entourage, and then walked towards the headquarters with great strides. Crossing the threshold, he took off his dirt-filled military cap, slapped the dust on his body, and grabbed the cold water on the coffee table.

Chen Tiaoyuan quickly met and asked in a voice: "Teacher Wu, how is the situation?"
Chapter completed!