Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Chapter 171: Expedition to Nanchuan Province

Since the three were the division commanders of the troops dispatched this time, they were all actively expressing their opinions, while other officers seldom spoke about their own strategies.

After listening to the opinions of several people, Fang Jian gently waved his hand: "Feng Zhangshan must be on guard, but if he sends troops, the fifth and sixth divisions will also quickly enter Nanchuan."

After that, they discussed the details of the march and most of the military officials dispersed. Finally, Fang Jian left Tao Yunong behind.

Arriving at the office, Fang Jian instructed: "Yu Nong, select a group of intelligence elites to go with me."

"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong was very excited to be able to go on the expedition with Fang Jian.

After learning about the intelligence from various places, Tao Yunong suddenly thought of something and said to Fang Ji'an, "Commander, the Northern Army has been mobilizing troops frequently recently, and the specific movements have not been discovered yet."

Fang Jian frowned. In the past, the Southern Army always marched north, and the Northern Army rarely marched south.

The main reason was that there were many factions within the Northern Army, people were not united, there were many conflicts among them, and it was difficult for them to work together.

When Yuan Shiting overthrew the previous dynasty, everyone had different thoughts and not all of them were on Yuan Shiting's side, which led to Yuan Shiting only serving one term as president before he was replaced by Li Bingqing.

During these three years, Yuan Shiting returned to power and carried out a purge of the northern government, winning over many people and accumulating a lot of strength.

"Pay more attention to the movements of the northern government." Fang Jian was also helpless about this.

Once troops are dispatched to Nanchuan, even the Northern government, which originally wanted to take action against the Southern Army, will surely direct its spearhead toward Nanshan, and a war will then break out on two fronts.

The arrow has been put on the string and has to be shot. Everything is ready, so Fang Jian will not hesitate.

Although Changhuan only deployed 60,000 troops, Nanling still had the 4th Division and the Garrison Division available. Even if they couldn't hold on, there were still the Armored Division and the Air Force to support them at a critical moment.

In the short term, Franciscan did not intend to expose the existence of the armored division and the air force.

Francis Xavier’s strength is still relatively weak now, so it would be fine if he just occupied a few more provinces. However, it would be bad if he exposed his planes and tanks and attracted the attention of foreigners.

He didn't want to expose himself to foreigners too early so as not to be targeted.

After discussing some matters with Tao Yunong, Fang Jian, escorted by Wang Hu, drove to the commander's residence.

The commander's mansion was previously the governor's mansion of Ma Jincen. It was vacant after the military academy was built. After Fang Jian and Yang Xueru got married, they could no longer live in the backyard of the headquarters, so they moved here.

It was already past seven in the evening when I got home. Yang Xueru, who was taking care of the child, saw Fang Jianan enter the hall and greeted him, "You're back."

Fang Jian nodded slightly and walked forward to hug his son Fang Zhaosheng.

It was a warm scene, but Yang Xueru showed a worried look on her face. She stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Is there going to be a war?"

After Yang Xueru married Fang Jian, although she did not go to military school again, she did have a career.

Fang Jian asked her to serve as the chairperson of the Nanshan Provincial Women's Federation to handle some women-related issues.

"That's right." Fang Jian was not surprised that Yang Xueru guessed that there would be a war.

As early as two days ago, Fang Jian began to transport supplies to Changhuan and Pingshan. The large amount of supplies coming in and out could not be concealed from her.

Fang Jian introduced briefly: "Our army is preparing to send troops to Nanchuan Province. When the time comes, all the affairs at home will be handed over to you."

Although Yang Xueru was worried, she still nodded.

The troops were scheduled to set out on July 3. Before that, truckloads of supplies were delivered to Pingshan City. The 8th and 9th Divisions also set out for Pingshan, waiting for the time to set out.

On the morning of July 2, Fang Jian arrived at Pingshan. His group included two regiments of the garrison division, 300 special operations team members, and 500 intelligence elites, a total of more than 7,000 people.

At this time, the 7th, 8th and 9th divisions were ready to go.

On the second day, the 9th Division entered Nanchuan through the Nanshan Trail, and the 7th and 8th Divisions followed.

The troop dispatch plan was for a regiment of the 9th Division to take the lead in entering Guangshan City and guarding the key roads of Guangshan.

By defending Guangshan, Feng Zhangshan could only take a long detour even if he wanted to go south.

Nanchuan is also located in a hilly area. Although it does not have only one main entrance and exit road like Nanshan, it is also very dangerous and is blocked by many mountains on all sides.

After the large army entered Nanchuan, Li Weiling could not help but complain: "The roads in Nanchuan are too difficult to travel."

Fortunately, there is the official road from the previous dynasty. Although it is a bit dilapidated, it can barely allow trucks to pass, but the speed is very slow.

"Fortunately, there is the official road of the previous dynasty. Otherwise, even if there are trucks, there is no way to transport the cannons to the battlefield." Du Feiyun'an, commander of the Eighth Division, also sighed.

At the same time, the two of them couldn't help but feel fortunate that Fang Jian did not agree with their strategy. Otherwise, let alone a quick attack and taking over Nanchuan in ten days, even if they were given ten days, it would be a luxury to walk from here to Nandu City.

Neither of them had expected that the roads in Nanchuan would be so bad.

In the afternoon, the Seventh and Eighth Divisions saw the first county town in Nanchuan Province, Yanshan County.

When they discovered that their troops were approaching, the local soldiers in the county town did not panic. Instead, they sent someone to notify the county magistrate and opened the city gates to welcome the Seventh and Eighth Divisions.

Seeing that the enemy did not resist, Li Weiling was also very surprised. He could not help but ask: "Did the enemy surrender?"

"Let's wait and see." Du Feiyun was also a little confused.

Because they did not know the enemy's intentions, the 7th and 8th Divisions remained cautious and sent a company to occupy the city wall of Yanshan County. The main force did not enter the city immediately.

After a while, a group of people came out of the city.

A staff officer came forward to inquire for a while, and then came to report: "Division Commander, the head of Yanshan County, led by the officials of Yanshan County Government, came to ask for an audience."

Li Weiling and Du Feiyun looked at each other and decided to meet each other.

Soon, the group was brought before Li Weiling and Du Feiyun.

"Greetings, superiors. What is your name?" A group of people came up to the two men and, led by one of them, immediately saluted with fists.

Li Weiling introduced himself, "I am the division commander of this unit. My last name is Li. This is Division Commander Du. I wonder why you want to see me?"

"Of course, we welcome you all to come into the city. We just hope that you won't make things too difficult for us after you enter the city," the county magistrate said carefully.

Li Weiling and others were surprised. After some communication, they learned that Nanchuan Province was in dire straits due to the previous melee led by Liu Fuxun and others, with soldiers everywhere and public security in chaos.

Until now, when the three parties have achieved balance, people's lives have become much better.

In the past, when faced with warlord troops occupying the county town, most of the people in Nanchuan surrendered directly and did not dare to resist. They only hoped that the army would not plunder after entering the city.

There was nothing that could be done about it. The warlords were fighting each other to the death, but the common people were the ones who suffered. Not only did they have to pay taxes and be exploited in various ways, but if they resisted the warlords and the cities were occupied, they would be robbed by these warlord troops, which was even more miserable.

After several years of warlord fighting, the people of Nanchuan Province have developed the habit of opening the city walls and surrendering no matter who occupies the city.

After hearing this reason, Li Weiling and Du Feiyun looked at each other and felt that it would be much easier to capture the city of Nanchuan Province.