In the courtyard of Zheng Kai’s military headquarters, Qin Yu stood beside the military car smoking a cigarette, looking at the dark night sky, speechless for a long time.

"Now, what Meng Xi said before the coalition forces made sense." Li Zhan said softly: "It is difficult for a group of mobs to accomplish anything."

Qin Yu turned his head and looked at him without answering the conversation.

There were no outsiders next to the military vehicle. Ruan Ming, Qi Yuhang and others were standing further away, so Li Zhan said again without so much scruples: "At the meeting that day, I actually agreed with Meng Xi's strategy. When the assassination was leaked, He Chong was put on the table. They had a battle with the Shensha Group sooner or later, so we just retreated to Sichuan Mansion to watch the fun. If we don't participate in the war, we will have more say in the military. Even if there was no coalition force at that time, we would have the power to fight ourselves, but now... we are passive."

Qin Yu took a deep breath of cigarette: "Then you don't agree to joining the war, why didn't you say that at that time?"

"Because you want to fight." Li Zhan replied in a short sentence: "Meng Xi's words are for you, and I'm also for you."

"Haha." Qin Yu grinned: "You are just blind and speculating every day."

"If Commander Zhou wants to fight, you have to fight. I can understand this." Li Zhan whispered: "But judging from the current situation, the sand system is harder than we think, and the so-called coalition forces are also worse than we think. This battle is not easy to win."

"What do you mean?" Qin Yu asked.

"In order to fight this war, we sold part of the Salt Island in the future, and it is too much to withdraw now." Li Zhan replied after thinking for a while: "But if you continue to fight, you have to make rules. If the coalition forces are in this state, then if they attack a hundred times, they will be the result of failure."

"Yes." Qin Yu nodded.

"Each family must work hard." Li Zhan looked at him like a ju: "At any cost, we will first confront the Chensha Corps and discuss the rest."

Qin Yu took a deep breath of cigarette: "I am going to let Meng Xi take the position of deputy commander-in-chief to control the overall situation. What do you think?"

"I'm fine." Li Zhan said without hesitation: "If he has the ability, he can go."

"In terms of military, you are the main one, Big Teeth is the auxiliary one, and in terms of strategic layout, Meng Xi is the main one." Qin Yu obviously made a decision in his heart: "Although the current prospects of war are not optimistic, if the fire is fired, it will always be a result. Otherwise, the hero will cut off his arm and withdraw back to Sichuan Mansion, which will hurt us too much."

"Yes." Li Zhan nodded.

Qin Yu threw away the cigarette butts, turned around and shouted, "Xiaosang, call Meng Xi and let him come over!"

"Yes!" Xiaosang shouted after saluting.

...

It was past four o'clock in the morning.

In the command room of the Northeast War Zone, Qin Yu sat on a chair, crossed his legs and looked at Meng Xi: "What do you think?"

Meng Xi rubbed his palms and said with a frown: "I'm just wondering about something."

"What's the matter?"

"Commander Zhou has been in charge of the war since the beginning, and now the coalition forces are frustrated, and the internal situation is basically in a mess, but he has no intention of retreating." Meng Xi looked at Qin Yu and replied, "I was wondering if he still had cards in his hand? At least he had to think that this battle is an opportunity for the Sichuan Mansion and the Second World War Zone, right? Otherwise, he would not have the reason to insist? He just doesn't want to give up his rights? He doesn't want to go to the Sichuan Mansion and live under someone else's roof?"

"No, Commander Zhou's situation is still relatively large. If he is greedy for power, he will not be so irresistible with the warlord forces in the Ninth District." Qin Yu shook his head.

"That's it's definitely a card that hasn't been played yet. He thinks this battle is a chance." Meng Xi judged in a positive tone after hearing this.

"Yes." Qin Yu nodded.

Meng Xi looked at Qin Yu with a smile: "Then hasn't he told you?"

"No, he didn't mention these when we were talking." Qin Yu shook his head.

"Teacher, I still want to persuade you." Meng Xi said suddenly after hesitating for a long time: "We can now talk to the Second World War Zone once, persuade them to withdraw their troops and enter Sichuan Mansion. Judging by the attitude given by Commander Zhou before, he would definitely not do this."

"What then?" Qin Yu asked.

"The rest is simple. We persuaded you, but if the Second World War Zone does not retreat, no one can do it." Meng Xi looked directly at Qin Yu and said, "It's not that our Sichuan Army has no action. In order to support the Zhou regime, the troops of the Northeast War Zone have been launched, and the coalition forces failed the first attack. Morally, we have been fully benevolent and righteous in the Second World War Zone! Now the state of the coalition forces makes us unable to see hope. If we withdraw, no one can say anything."

Qin Yu was silent.

Meng Xi's eyes were bright and his thoughts were clear: "Once we withdraw and leave the bad game of District 9 to the rest of the people, the situation would be much more interesting. He Feng and Lu's three factions have already broken up with the Shensha Corps and can no longer return to their previous balance. In the end, either the Shensha Corps collapsed these three, or the three were pushed to the Shensha Corps, but no matter what the result was, it would be beneficial to us. In the second World War Zone, we have close ties with Zheng Kai and Liu Weiren. The Zhou faction was mixed in the center of these forces, and the final result was nothing more than...!"

Before Meng Xi could finish his words, Qin Yu immediately interrupted: "I can't abandon the Zhou clan and withdraw to Sichuan Mansion."

Meng Xi looked at Qin Yu's expression and was not surprised at all. He knew that Qin Yu would answer him like this, but when he stood in his position, these words had to be said.

Qin Yu looked at Meng Xi: "I have to fight, but how to fight and how to plan strategically, I'm going to leave it to you."

When Meng Xi heard this, he was stunned for a long time and replied with a wry smile: "Teacher, do you think I am born to be suitable for doing some things under the table?"

"Can you do it well?" Qin Yu asked bluntly.

Meng Xi immediately stood up when he heard the sound, saluted with a serious face, and replied with a domineering expression: "No one can do this except me."

"Then you." Qin Yu intervened and replied: "I am now promoted to the Northeast Operations Command Office of Sichuan Prefecture, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and also the Director of the Military Office of Sichuan Prefecture's Ninth District. In specific military operations, the troops are commanded by Li Zhan and Wang Henan, but how the troops fight, you have the final say!"

"Yes!" Meng Xi saluted and immediately replied: "I'm going to talk to Commander Zhou in person!"

"Yes!" Qin Yu nodded.

...

The next day, at 8 o'clock in the morning.

Meng Xi took the guard to Commander Zhou and talked to him for about half an hour. The two sides met alone, and no one knew what they had discussed.

At 10:30 in the morning, the post-World War II meeting was still held in Xinxiang Life Village.

At the beginning of the meeting, Meng Xi, representing the Northeast War Zone of Sichuan Prefecture, sat directly on the rostrum and spoke first: "Everyone should know the combat effectiveness of the Shensha Corps now. I will say two points. First, if there are still small thoughts and small plots between the coalition forces, then we might as well disband on the spot and go back to their own houses. Because in this state, if you want to win and fight to Fengbei, it is obviously unlikely. Second, if the Second Battle still ends in failure, then we will definitely withdraw... Why? Because we are different from you, we are an expeditionary force, and every day the troops consume here is an astronomical number. The coalition forces do not have a unified financial department, and no one reimburses military expenses for us... So we cannot afford it."
Chapter completed!