Chapter 280 Brightening Muscles
Lin Hongfei clearly had to stand by and watch the incident of the reversal of the king of Hubei Province. He didn't care whether 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 roads in western Hubei and prevented any inverted king forces from entering western Hubei.
In a word, you and Wang Zichun are going to do whatever you want, but you must never mess up western Hubei.
However, Lin Hongfei's situation of sitting in the mountains watching the tiger fight did not last long, so Wang Zichun sent special envoy Xu Jingcheng to Jiangbei to ask for Lin Hongfei.
Although Hubei Province Special Envoy Xu Jingcheng is almost fifty years old and is even older than Lin Hongfei, he immediately acted in a respectful and humble manner when he saw Lin Hongfei:
"Ship Yun, Xu Jingcheng, is here to bother you today because of the war in Hubei Province. Governor Wang begs you to help him for the sake of the interests of Marshal Cao and Marshal Wu!"
The more Xu Jingcheng spoke, the more urgent he became, and his expression became panicked and anxious.
Seeing Xu Jingcheng's anxious look, Lin Hongfei smiled slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, put it down and said slowly:
"Mr. Xu, where do you start? Although I have never met Governor Wang, I have heard of him quite well."
"There is a reorganized second division and five mixed brigades under the command of Governor Wang. All the officers in the army are powerful generals. Even I do not dare to compete with such forces head-on."
"Mr. Xu said he asked me to help the King's Army. I dare not take this."
"If this is spread, everyone will be able to call me Lin Hongfei arrogant and arrogant!"
When Xu Jingcheng heard this, he quickly explained: "Shipman Yun, you don't know anything. The Hunan Army under Zhao Yanwu's command is really powerful. Governor Wang's second division fought with them in Puqi for several days. Not only did he not repel the Hunan Army, but he lost multiple positions instead."
"Governor Wang has asked Yu Shuai and his old man for help. Yu Shuai sent Xiao Yaonan to lead the 25th Division to support him, but Xiao Yaonan stopped moving forward when he arrived in Hankou."
"Governor Wang urged him several times, but he didn't leave. Xiao Yaonan clearly wanted to watch the changes in the times and benefit from it."
Speaking of this, Xu Jingcheng looked up at Lin Hongfei, his eyes full of anxiety: "Now, the only one who can save Governor Wang is Yun Shuai."
"Governor Wang said that as long as you can lead troops to rescue, you will have the final say in military and political affairs in western Hubei in the future, and he will never interfere."
"And all the military expenses you have led your troops to fight this time will be paid by Governor Wang, and you will never be allowed to spend a penny."
Xu Jingcheng begged with a look of pleading, "Ship Yun, please look at the two places across the river and look at each other, and get the King's Governor!"
Lin Hongfei seemed to be convinced by Xu Jingcheng's sincere words. He stood up, walked to Xu Jingcheng's side, and patted his shoulder hard.
Xu Jingcheng was a weak scholar. After being slapped by Lin Hongfei, his body was tilted and almost fell to the ground.
"Mr. Xu, since you have said this, it would be too unreasonable if I don't help me!"
"Let's do this, Mr. Xu, please go back to Hubei Province to spread a message and tell Governor Wang that I, Lin Hongfei, will lead troops into Hubei within three days!"
When Xu Jingcheng heard this, he was overjoyed. He bowed deeply and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Yun, for sending troops to help. Jingcheng will return to Hubei to inform the Governor Wang!"
Xu Jingcheng did not stay in Jiangbei for much time. After getting Lin Hongfei's accurate letter, he hurried back to Hubei Province to report the letter.
After Xu Jingcheng left the Governor's Office, Wu Yongquan appeared in the front hall where Lin Hongfei received Xu Jingcheng.
He returned to Lingnan Province from western Hubei yesterday, and also wanted to discuss it with Lin Hongfei in person for some things in Hubei Province.
After seeing Xu Jingcheng leave, Wu Yongquan walked out from behind and said with a smile: "What, do you really want to send troops to help Wang Zichun?"
Lin Hongfei snorted coldly: "Help him? Unless I drink too much!"
"He, Prince Chun, made a mess in Hubei Province and was angry. I was so confused that I would stand on his side!"
Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei said sarcastically: "This Governor Wang is really stingy. It would be fine to treat his subordinates and deduct military pay."
"Now if something is something that comes to my head, I'm so stingy."
"He has paid for the cost of sending troops. Isn't this nonsense? Could it be that I'll bring my own dry food? The landlord and wealthy hired long-term workers and were in charge of food."
"What else is the matter in western Hubei? He will never interfere again."
"Beast!"
"He wants to interfere, he will try to interfere!"
Wu Yongquan also sneered: "Otherwise, can the second division under his command cause a mutiny because of deducting military pay?"
"The combat effectiveness of the Second Division is quite good, and Sun Xinyuan, who led the troops, is not an ordinary person."
"I think this Second Division has a good territory and cannot defeat the Hunan Army that has come from afar. It is probably related to the mutiny some time ago."
"The morale of the army has been dispersed, who will fight for you to fight!"
Lin Hongfei laughed: "It can be said that for such a little military pay, he has ruined his province's foundation."
"You can't live without committing your own sins!"
Speaking of this, Wu Yongquan looked at Lin Hongfei and said, "What should we do next? Should I continue to station in western Hubei or should you lead the team into Hubei?"
Lin Hongfei thought for a while and said, "The king of Hubei Province fell, and Wang Zichun asked Yushuai for help. Our 16th Division is closest to Hubei Province. It is logical that Yushuai should send us into Hubei."
"But Yu Shuai sent Xiao Yaonan, which means Yu Shuai wanted to hand over Hubei Province to Xiao Yaonan."
"Since the old man made such an arrangement, we naturally cannot break the old man's plan."
"European Province can be handed over to him, Xiao Yaonan, but we have to shine our fists in advance. He Xiao Yaonan is the governor of Hubei Province. We don't object, but he should not think that he can reach western Hubei by becoming a governor."
Wu Yongquan understood what Lin Hongfei meant, and nodded and said, "What you mean is that you will lead troops into Hubei and let Xiao Yaonan know how powerful we are. Don't want to interfere in western Hubei in the future."
Lin Hongfei smiled and said, "That's right, that's what it means!"
"In western Hubei, you can continue to guard the key points. No matter whether it is Wang Zichun's remaining troops or Zhao Yanwu's Hunan Army, they cannot be allowed to come in."
"Leave the rest to me!"
The plan was decided, and the two immediately took action separately. Wu Yongquan set off for western Hubei the next day.
This time, Lin Hongfei entered Hubei just to show off his muscles and shine his fists, not to fight.
Chapter completed!