Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 86 Confidential
After a long time, Lin Yuexin seemed to come out of a certain trance, lightly brushed her hair that was blown by the wind outside the window, sorted out her confused thoughts and said in a deep voice: "My lord, maybe Your suggestion comes from your sincerity, and Lin Yuexin appreciates your kindness, but the matter between me and your lord is not as simple as I imagined, at least for now, this step is not possible, I believe you will agree with me opinion, so I think it is better for us to discuss a more practical cooperation method.”
Seeing that the other party politely rejected his proposal, Wang Zongxi sighed in his heart. It seems that the other party is still unable to untie the knot of family honor. For the Lin family, it seems that a woman's marriage can be saved. The existence of Sanjiang seemed a little too lowly. Even if the two parties did not have this factor, the outside public opinion forced the Lin family not to accept this proposal. Lin Yuexin had to think about her father and brother, so she had to reject this proposal.
"Miss Yuexin, since you said so, Zongxi has no choice but to obey, but the other conditions may not be very pleasant." Wang Zongxi still tried his best to explain his intentions in euphemistic language.
"My lord, please go ahead and say it clearly, Yuexin is already mentally prepared." With a calm smile on her face, Lin Yuexin had already expected that there would be harsh conditions in the Northwest.
"That's good." Wang Zongxi didn't talk too much nonsense, took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to the other party, and said with a slight smile: "This is a suggestion from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Western Xinjiang Governor's Office. If Miss Yuexin If you think there is no problem, then our army can immediately enter Jiangchuan and Qindu, and you don’t need to be responsible for the defense of Anshun.”
Lin Yuexin glanced briefly at the documents provided by the other party, then nodded and agreed: "Okay, we agree with your conditions, but I want to make one thing clear, your army cannot enter Jiangchuan City with more than two divisions , the troops stationed in Qindu are not allowed to enter Qindufu City, they can only be stationed in front-line fortresses outside Qindufu City. In addition, once the frontline situation is stable, we feel that there is no need for your army to be stationed. We can ask the other party to evacuate any place at any time. One place, you must obey unconditionally."
With a suffocated expression on his face, Wang Zongxi pondered for a moment and said, "Miss Yuexin, please forgive me, your supplement seems a bit too much, you are asking our Northwest Army to act as a shield for you, I think... ·····"
"My lord, please remember one thing. In the exchange of benefits, no one gets something for nothing. We have already admitted that Sanjiang is attached to the Xijiang Protectorate. What's the point of unifying tariffs and markets in Xinjiang? Our Lin family can even give up our own honor. Is it true that the Xijiang Governor's Mansion is so afraid of sacrifice? Bloodshed and sacrifice in wars is a matter of course. The Northwest Army doesn't understand this, so is the so-called illustrious reputation of this army based on lip service? Or is Li Wufeng's heart getting softer the more he goes through killings?" Lin Yuexin's attitude gradually became tough, and her tone was also Extremely sarcastic.
Wang Zongxi also knew that this trip was not so easy, so this kind of sarcasm was expected. Facing the girl's slight annoyance and sarcasm, he could only smile wryly.
The signing of the "Li Lin Secret Treaty" finally ended the long-term hostile relationship between the Lin family of Sanjiang and the Li family of Northwest China. It has not been completely straightened out, but in the face of the powerful military threat of the Machihans, so the details are temporarily put behind, and ensuring the safety of the existing front is the top priority.
The benefits obtained by the Northwest side from Sanjiang Lin's family are actually insignificant, and most of them are even false, especially before the relationship between Lin Yuexin and Li Wufeng is not clear, this relationship seems even more illusory. The military affairs of Sanjiang County (Jiangchuan and Qindu) are under the guidance of the Xijiang Protectorate, but the Xijiang Protectorate does not have the right to directly interfere with the military affairs of Sanjiang. (Including the financial market), compared to the Lin family, which only has Jiangchuan and Qindu, the latter condition is more beneficial to the Lin family. The increase in business exchanges is also comforting to the Lin family whose finances have been exhausted.
The Northwest Army will dispatch no less than five divisions to help Sanjiang maintain its sovereignty in the shortest possible time. The short-term goal is to ensure the safety of Jiangchuan and the capital of Qin. As for the status of Anshun Prefecture, the Northwest pledged not to interfere in its government affairs, and was only responsible for defense affairs. The final ownership issue would wait until the situation in Sanjiang stabilized before discussing the return to the Lin family.
The significance of "Li Lin's Secret Treaty" is not that the Northwest has gained much benefit, but that Li Wufeng has obtained a reason to send troops to help the Lin family maintain their current status as a barrier in the south of the Northwest. Inside the Northwest, many people are opposed to sending troops to help the Lin family maintain their current status. They believe that the best strategy for the Northwest is either to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, or to carve up the three rivers together. They blindly believe that the Northwest already has the ability to deal with it The strength of threats from several parties, and those who know the inside story are worried that Wufeng will be blinded by his children's affair, so he resolutely opposes sending troops to help Sanjiang Lin's family.
However, Li Wufeng clearly saw the existing hidden worries in the northwest. Once faced with the military threat of the two powerful enemies of the Kamans and the Maqihans at the same time, the northwest would not be able to withstand the attacks of any other side. In the current environment, the Luzon people and the Luobei people are still unstable factors. When they encounter difficulties in the northwest, they are very likely to jump out and join the team that takes advantage of the fire. The enemy, so he can't just sit back and watch the situation evolve to the point where the northwest faces two powerful enemies at the same time, then the Lin family will naturally need to be supported.
The Lin family has taken root in Sanjiang for a long time, with strong connections, solid popular support, and huge potential power. Jing is so easy. As long as Lin Yuexin is in charge, Sanjiang will definitely be able to mobilize the original strength and instigate the two places to cooperate with each other, so that the assimilation and soft-hearted policies of the Machihan people cannot be easily succeeded, and the Lin family still has more than 100,000 troops. As long as they give some support, they will definitely become The northwest is a solid shield against the Machihans. For this reason, Wufeng even thinks that even if it is returned to Anshun and the Lin family, it must ensure the stability of Sanjiang's shield.
After the secret agreement was signed, Wufeng immediately issued an order that the two guard divisions of the Northwest Army immediately entered the territory of Jiangchuan, and then the three divisions of the Southwest Army also entered the territory of Jiangchuan and Qindu one after another. The Third Division of the Northwest Army Corps was temporarily responsible for it, and the Fourth Division of the Northwest Army Corps, which was traveling southward day and night, continued to stride southward without being affected by the battle situation in the north. Go south to Anshun. At the same time, Wufeng issued an order to immediately recruit reserve soldiers in Myanmar to form the Fifth Division of the Southwest Army Corps to be responsible for the defense of the entire Myanmar.
The Northwest Army that entered Jiangchuan quickly confronted the Maqi Khan army that had already established a foothold in Huayang and Yushan, and when the Fourth Division entered Anshun, the Third Division was also pushed up. On the front line, a division of the Southwest Army and the vanguard of Maqi Khan who attacked from the south fought fiercely in the border areas of Anshun and Yushan.
In just one week, the five divisions of the Northwest Army continued to engage in melee battles with the advancing Maqi Khan army in the bordering areas of Jiangchuan and Huayang, and in the bordering areas of Jiangchuan and Yushan. A well-organized and most elite division also joined the battlefield. More than 400,000 troops fought several large-scale battles in the border area of several prefectures~IndoMTL.com~Due to the lack of tacit cooperation between the Sanjiang Front Army and the Northwest Army, and the Southwest The troops of the legion have been reorganized and have not yet undergone the severe test of war. In the past two weeks, the Northwest Army and the Sanjiang Front Army have lost one after another. At one point, it advanced to less than sixty miles away from Jiangchuan Fucheng.
Fortunately, the third division successfully resisted the charge of the Maqihan cavalry group in the south, and launched a beautiful joint counterattack with the Sanjiang Front Army to contain the Maqihan's offensive in the south. The First Guards Division, under the leadership of Division Chief Song Tianxiong, joined hands with the Second Guards Division and the Sanjiang Front Army Divisions to launch a counter-offensive, using the Maqihan people's eagerness to fight, lured the enemy into deep, and wiped out the enemy in one fell swoop. A complete corps of the Maqihan people won the eye-catching "Battle of Caoyugou", which greatly dampened the spirit of the Maqihan people. In addition, at the beginning of August, the weather became hotter and hotter, and even the Machi Khan army also had an epidemic. Both sides were forced to suspend the next military operation, and each left the front-line contact area, and the battle situation stabilized.
Just as the Sanjiang war entered a protracted tug-of-war, the offensive and defensive battle between the Kamans and the Northwest Army in Pinglu Fucheng turned into a "Pinglu Grave" that made both sides talk about it. None of the military history books of later generations can describe the brutality and cruelty of this battle in more vivid terms. If one really wants to choose a language that deeply depicts the cruelty of this battle, it may only be possible to use the historiography that later generations call precious words like gold. The famous writer Wu Han’s statement in "The War of the Founding of the Country" is quite accurate: "After the battle, the imperial army left, and two out of ten soldiers survived. The enemy soldiers looked at the wall tremblingly, and dared not look directly at it. Some veterans returned, and after more than ten years, they woke up from a nightmare, and dozens of people went crazy."