1928: The rise of giant merchants

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"It's okay, mom, where are you?" Seeing Bi Yunxia still lying under him, Ye Luo quickly helped her up and got rid of this awkward position. Seeing her somewhat stiff movements, Ye Luo asked quickly, "Are you injured? "

"Okay, it seems like I have a sprain in my foot." Bi Yunxia looked painful.

"I'll help you go outside to apply the medicine." Ye Luo quickly lifted her up and looked at the kitchen table, realizing that it was a semi-finished Western-style cake. "Are you making a cake?"

"Well" Bi Yunxia was startled just now because she was concentrating on making the cake. When Ye Luo saw the cake she made, her cheeks immediately turned red, "Your birthday is coming soon."

"Ah, little mom, if you didn't tell me, I would have almost forgotten." Ye Luo felt warm in her heart and sighed, "I thought you were secretly hiding some delicious food."

The two of them helped them to the sofa in the living room. The mahjong game had just ended and they heard shouts in the kitchen before they could come over.

"What's wrong, little mom?" Meng Xiaodong hurriedly came over to help.

"Mei Ying, ask Xiaoli to go to the medical room to get some safflower oil. My mother accidentally sprained her foot." Ye Luo shouted.

Jiang Meiying immediately ran to find Xiaoli, and soon came over with safflower oil.

She was Bi Yunxia's goddaughter, so she took the job of applying the medicine without hesitation, and Ye Luo also took the opportunity to explain the matter.

Fortunately, the embarrassment didn't last long and no one saw it.

Soon a group of women focused on Ye Luo's birthday, chatting about what gifts to give, how to hold a birthday party, etc.

Ye Luoke couldn't bear this kind of topic, so he found a reason and left.

The principal has become increasingly worried recently. Not only did the Central Army lose one after another in Henan and Shandong provinces, but the situation in the south is also precarious.

The Gui army of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had already invaded Hunan Province and successfully occupied Xiangcheng. Half of the province had become the domain of the Gui army, sweeping away the shadow of the previous defeat in the Jiang-Gui war.

The principal began to call for "peace". He kept calling the whole country, calling on warlords from all departments to quell the war, and he just barely shouted the slogan "Chinese will not fight Chinese."

Although Yu Youren had conflicts with the principal and often got involved with Wang, he was now on the side of the Central Army!

Perhaps because he was afraid that the country would become divided again after the defeat of the Central Army, Yu Youren had begun to work actively for the principal.

The principal also formulated a "peace movement", and Yu Youren was responsible for admonishing Wang, hoping to convene an interim national conference of the Kuomintang Party to negotiate and resolve the disputes at the previous two Kuomintang conferences.

This was a compromise made by the principal to Mr. Wang, because the main conflict in the previous two conferences was the failure of Mr. Wang and his group to fight for power.

Of course Mr. Wang disagreed. Now that the situation against Chiang Kai-shek was very good, and he could force the principal to resign, how could he possibly settle the past with him?

Zhang Qun is another executor of the "peace movement". He is responsible for leading the team to persuade Zhang Hanqing. He is not asking Zhang Hanqing to enter the customs to help fight the war, but to act as a referee and stand up to mediate. Everyone calls a truce and all conflicts can be resolved by political means. solve.

Not to mention, due to the presence of people like Xiao Tongzi within the Kuomintang, the "peace movement" was actually widely recognized due to the strong propaganda power, and many celebrities and scholars followed up by publicly calling on all parties to cease the war.

The principal has the great righteousness of the National Government and holds the hearts of the people. Public opinion is completely on his side.

It's a pity that war doesn't start when you want and stop when you want.

Especially when the enemy is in a good situation.

The anti-Chiang coalition's offensive is becoming more and more fierce, especially Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, which can be described as invincible. The Central Army in Lu and Henan provinces even developed a fear of them. Every time they learned that the enemy was them, the generals of the Central Army did not dare to step forward.

As a last resort, the principal had no choice but to go north again and go to the front line to personally supervise the battle, hoping to improve the morale of the army.

Feng Yuxiang detected the movements of the Central Army and deployed pocket formations in advance, hoping to wipe out the Central Army in Lu Province. Fortunately, a senior general in the Northwest Army was bribed by the principal and secretly sent a secret message leaking the military plan. The principal quickly ordered the troops to change their march route.

Even so, the elite Central Army did not completely withdraw from the encirclement, and the central Zhangzhi area responsible for covering the retreat suffered heavy losses.

However, the northwest army's combat power was so terrifying that it made Yan Xishan, another giant in the alliance, feel uneasy.

He secretly deducted a lot of rations from the Northwest Army. As the eldest brother of the alliance, his own troops were well treated. Not only were they paid monthly and had sufficient supplies, but they also distributed canned food to the soldiers.

And many in the Northwest Army couldn't even eat pickles.

Yan Xishan even deliberately held back Feng Yuxiang on several occasions, finding various reasons to cut off the Northwest Army's logistical supplies at critical moments.

Yan Xishan's various actions made the generals of the Northwest Army complain. After fighting, no one wanted to fight, but suggested that Feng Yuxiang join forces with Chiang Kai-shek to fight against Yan.

As a result, the most bizarre situation emerged in the Central Plains War. The Central Army was defeated by the Northwest Army, but the Northwest Army wanted to join the Central Army. The Northwest Army and the Central Army suffered heavy losses. Yan Xishan's Jin Army maintained its strength and seemed to want to take advantage of it. benefits.

Even with the principal personally supervising the battle, the Central Army's morale was still low.

The situation of the Northwest Army, which had won countless battles, was even worse than theirs, and its military morale was on the verge of collapse.

Yan Xishan seems to be a fool, but he always plays tricks at critical moments like this.

He treats war as a business, and he also wants to play the trick of driving the tiger to devour the wolf. This time his cleverness is mistaken, which will eventually lead to his complete defeat.

Seeing that the battle situation is stalemate, there are some clues.

At this time, Ye Luo saw the right opportunity and quietly called his uncle. He didn't say anything. He just said that his birthday was coming soon and it coincided with the principal's private dance, and he was going to take Bai Xiuzhu there. Banquet and so on.

Bai Xiongqi didn't understand it at first, so he could only say yes, and he suddenly realized it after hanging up the phone.

At this juncture, Ye Luo called him from Shanghai, implying that he could continue to persuade Zhang Hanqing!

Zhang Qun, who was traveling with him, was doubtful, but he and Bai Xiongqi went to visit Zhang Hanqing again.

Sure enough, this time Zhang Hanqing no longer pretended to be a snake, but readily agreed to send troops into the customs. This good news made the two of them very excited, and they immediately ran to call the principal on the front line to ask for credit.

In fact, the two of them knew in their hearts that most of the credit for this matter fell on Ye Luo. His proposal, his method, and his timing were also clear. However, Ye Luo made it clear that he did not want to take the credit, and they also wanted to take it. He happily accepted the principal's commendation.

Zhang Hanqing's release will bring this bad war to a complete end. (End of chapter)