Being a Lady of an Influential Family

The capital city has been extremely lively these two days. Governor Fu and Governor Long gave two speeches in the capital for two consecutive days.

This time, it was not a place like the Yizheng Building that ordinary people could not enter, but two places, the Capital University and the National Military Academy. Not only that, but both of them were interviewed by the capital newspaper, so the young people in the whole capital almost exploded.

Young students petitioned the cabinet and the military asking for official support for the Northwest. The cabinet and the military were not idle either. They held meetings, quarreled, quarreled, and held meetings for two consecutive days, repeating the cycle.

In the large conference room of the military headquarters, Lou Yun was sitting leisurely at the front of the conference table drinking tea, watching the generals in the room below who were arguing.

Perhaps it was because the mentality of watching the excitement was too obvious, the people who could not argue finally stopped and looked at the old man in the first place.

Someone asked, "Old Lou, what do you think?"

Lou Yun smiled and said, "I'm an old man, what else can I think about? Aren't you young people ruling the world in the future? You can just figure it out." The people who can sit in this conference room are naturally old. They are not small, but compared with Lou Yun, they are indeed worthy of a young man.

A general who disagreed with supporting the Northwest frowned and said, "Mr. Lou is the commander of the military after all. Your statement is still very important. I heard...Young Master Lou went to Jiazhou a few days ago?"

No one told about Lou Lanzhou's going to Jiazhou. Before they knew, Lou Lanzhou had already temporarily resigned from all his positions in the capital. This puzzled everyone in the military department. Even if Lou Lanzhou was going to Jiazhou or Northwest to help, there was absolutely no need to resign from his post in the capital. In this way, wouldn't it be troublesome to come back to work again after something happened in the Northwest?

Lou Yun didn't care much, and said: "You mean Lanzhou? Young people want to go out for a while, and I, an old man, can't stop me, right? Now there are all of you in the capital, and even a young boy like him can't be appointed as a big brother. No, it's okay to let him go out and suffer a little bit."

Everyone looked at each other, but Lou Yun's close subordinates felt something different from it.

Lou Lao originally valued the Lou family's army the most. He could only focus on cultivating Lou Lanzhou as his future successor because his children and grandchildren were ineffective. Now this means that it seems that he doesn't care much about Lou Jiajun?

They are all from the army, and they don't know how important it is to have soldiers and guns in their hands.

Since this is the case, it can only mean that Mr. Lou himself is not optimistic about the military department and the Lou family army. Is he paving the way for his grandson?

Some people still want to ask, but some people are impatient. They said in a deep voice, "Now is not the time to discuss these things. The key is the issue of the Northwest. It is impossible for our military department to keep silent?"

Lou Yun looked at the speaker with a smile, "How do you plan to express your opinion? Tell the students in the capital... this is a matter of the Song family, and has nothing to do with the military department?"

"..." Everyone was silent. If they really dared to say that, the people in the capital might rush into the military headquarters and beat them to death, and they would have to be careful of being thrown rotten eggs when they went out in the future.

Lou Yun suppressed his smile, and said seriously, "So, what are you arguing about? I heard that the cabinet has issued a regulation, so you can figure it out."

Now no one speaks.

That's right, don't look at the fact that the warlords in the capital and other places look down on each other. In the capital, the cabinet and the military also have conflicts with each other. If the cabinet stated that it would strongly support the Northwest but the military refused, the consequences can be imagined.

There was an awkward silence in the conference room when someone suddenly pushed open the door of the conference room.

Before the people inside could get angry, a man in uniform came in holding a message with a dignified expression, and even forgot to call out the report, "General, urgent call from Northwest!"

Lou Yun's expression turned gloomy after reading the telegram in the young man's hand.

The person next to him asked cautiously, "Old Lou, what happened?"

Lou Yun raised his eyes and glanced at everyone coldly, saying in a deep voice, "The third army of the Northwest Army made a mistake in command, and the whole army was defeated. It directly led to the second and fourth army being ambushed by the Dayin people, including the young commander of the Song family Song Lang. At present, the Dayin people have crossed the northwest border. The First and Fifth Army in the Northwest followed Song Ye and was entangled with Sun Liang’s coalition forces. The Fifth Army guarded Ningcheng, the capital of the Northwest. The second-class army may not be able to stop the Dayin people. At the current speed of the Dayin people, they can advance to Ningcheng, the capital of the northwest, in less than ten days."

There was silence in the meeting room. According to their estimation of the strength of the Song family, even if they were not defeated, they would be able to last at least another two months. No one expected that the changes would come so quickly!

Someone immediately said, "Old Lou, you can immediately order the nearby soldiers and horses to help, at least...don't let the Dayin people occupy Ningcheng!" Occupying Ningcheng is equivalent to letting the Dayin people occupy most of the northwest. Regarding the issue of embarrassment, once Ning Cheng loses it, it will be very difficult to get it back. As long as they can catch up in time, even if the Dayin people have entered the country, they can gather enough reinforcements and push them back.

Some people are not so optimistic, "The nearest garrison is Jiazhou, but...Jiazhou has just fought a war and suffered a disaster and is currently reorganizing. There are not many troops at all."

Dayin is not a small border country, but a large country with a large area.

From ancient times to the present, the struggle between Dayin people and Anxia people has never stopped. It's just that the Yinren spent more time at a disadvantage in Anxia than took advantage of it, and they all turned around and developed westward in the past hundred years.

Otherwise, it would be unrealistic to say that the Northwest could forcefully resist Dayin for so many years.

Lou Yun stood up and said, "Everyone, generals at the corps level will follow me to the cabinet." This time, no one raised any objections. Although they all cared about their own interests, they really wanted them to watch the Dayin people invade and invade for this reason. Northwest is also out of the question. I was not in a hurry before, but I just thought that the Song family could still resist. Of course, the weaker the local forces like the Song family are, the better. They will have time to make a move when the Song family can no longer hold on.

When Leng Sa received the news, he had already returned to Jiazhou. The leader of the horse bandit in Changcheng was eliminated, and the remaining Xiao Xiami naturally did not need Mrs. Fu to sit in the town. What they want now is to maintain the railway to the northwest It's just smooth.

However, Mrs. Fu's extermination of the horse bandits who had been entrenched in Chang City for many years still caused a sensation in Jiazhou. From Jiazhou military generals to ordinary officials and wealthy businessmen, they became more and more obedient.

Suddenly receiving such bad news, Leng Sa almost went dark. He quickly stabilized his mind and sent someone to send a message to call Lou Lanzhou and Song Boang back.

There were only a few people in the conference room, but the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

Fu Yucheng sat at the end and saw that everyone present was silent. It's not his turn to speak on this kind of occasion, he is just relying on his identity as the fourth young master of the Fu family and the current part-time adjutant Leng Sa to sit in and listen.

Lou Lanzhou raised her hand and pinched the center of her eyebrows, then put down the telegram in her hand.

Looking up, he saw Leng Sa and Song Boang staring at him, and said helplessly, "What do you two think?"

Song Boang frowned and said, "At present, the Jiazhou Army, plus the previously captured Qujing soldiers and the entire Fifth Army, the entire Jiazhou has less than 150,000 regular soldiers. Besides the Fifth Army, most of them Reorganization has not been completed, and weapons have not been issued."

After pondering for a moment, Song Boang continued, "There are nine armies under the six southern provinces. Now the first, second, and seventh armies are going to the southwest with the young master. The third, fourth, and sixth armies must guard the six southern provinces. You must not move."

Lou Lanzhou's brows were furrowed, and the six southern provinces had a vast territory, and the three armies had only a few hundred thousand people stationed, which was already the lowest bottom line. If it is less, if something happens, no one will be able to end it. If the backyard is messed up again, it will never be posted.

"That is to say, only the Eighth and Ninth Armies can be dispatched from the six southern provinces?"

Song Boang shook his head and said, "There is only the Eighth Army, and the Eighth Army is permanently stationed in Ganzhou, so it won't be able to arrive in a short time. You should know that the Ninth Army has been stationed near Jiangcheng and Yingzhou for a long time."

Lou Lanzhou sighed, and said apologetically, "I forgot it for a while." The Ninth Army is a navy that is stationed in the coastal areas of the six southern provinces.

The number of soldiers and horses maintained by the six southern high-ranking officials is about 500,000 in nine legions. Of course, if a large-scale war really breaks out, the six southern provinces can naturally recruit new soldiers at any time. It is not difficult to organize a million troops in a short period of time.

But no matter which side is in power, it is impossible to maintain an army of millions in a non-war state for a long time.

Conscription is something they can't decide, and it's too late for the first one, and the second one hasn't reached this point yet.

Lou Lanzhou said, "Then it depends on what the capital means. I remember that the military headquarters has deployed two legions near the northwest, with about 100,000 people."

Leng Sa sighed and said, "The hard work is gone."

Lou Lanzhou shook his head, got up and went to contact the capital.

There were only five people left in the room, and Leng Sa looked at Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu was not surprised and said, "I will take people to the northwest tonight." Since he accepted Governor Fu's solicitation, it is naturally impossible for him to just eat and do nothing .

Leng Sa nodded and said, "It's less hard work."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Don't dare, it's a matter of duty"

Leng Sa said, "As soon as possible, determine Song Shao's situation, and collect as much information as possible on the northwest border and the Dayin people."

Jiang Yu nodded, hesitated for a moment and did not speak.

Leng Sa said: "They are all our own people, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Jiang Yu frowned and said, "Young Madam, don't you think this command error of the Northwest Third Army is a bit strange?"

"What does Young Master Jiang mean?" It was Song Boang who spoke. Generals like him are always a little bit repulsive to those who do intelligence, thinking that they are all born conspiratorial.

Jiang Yu's sentence seemed random, but it was a terrible accusation for a general. Although the Northwest Army man made such a terrible mistake, if he didn't die in battle, the result would not be too good. But mistakes and betrayal are two different things.

Jiang Yu smiled at him and said, "General Song, calm down. I don't mean to be disrespectful to the generals. But...the telegram didn't explain it clearly. I can't figure out what kind of command error can send Song Shao to the enemy's ambush Go in the circle?"

Shang Feiyun didn't know much about these things, so he just guessed: "The place in the northwest is sparsely populated and the environment is not good. Is it because of communication problems and unable to communicate with Song Shao in time?"

Jiang Yu didn't care either, and said, "It's possible."

Leng Sa was silent for a while before saying, "That's why Young Master Jiang has to work hard and leave as soon as possible. Communication is really inconvenient now, and we are far away in Jiazhou. What we can know is very limited. But... please be careful."

It would be too much to infer the guilt of a general who has never been masked just because of a trace of doubt.

Jiang Yu stood up, nodded and said: "Young Madam, don't worry, I just said casually, I will go to prepare first."

Watching Jiang Yu go out, Shang Feiyun looked at Leng Sa and asked, "Do you want me to go with him? I see Young Master Jiang's skills..." After getting in touch with him these days, Shang Feiyun also knows him a little bit, and his ability is very good , but average skill.

In places like the Northwest, the environment is harsh and dangerous, and it's hard to say what will happen to a young man like Jiang Yu if he rushes there rashly.

Leng Sa shook her head and said, "No need, Jiang Yu has a sense of proportion. Fei Yun, I'm afraid I have to ask you something."

Shang Feiyun said straightforwardly, "Although I say yes, as long as I can do it, I will do my best." Since Feiyunhui chose to surrender to the Fu family, Shang Feiyun naturally would not put on airs.

Leng Sa said, "Go back to Yongcheng, I hope Feiyun Society can help maintain the waterway leading to the southwest of Yongcheng. You can go to Zhang Jingzhi directly, he knows how to do it."

Shang Feiyun was a little puzzled, "You used to transport supplies to the northwest by waterway. Now that the railway in the north has been opened, why do you need it? If you take the waterway, the upstream is easy to be robbed by the Sun family."

Leng Sa said, "No one can say what will happen after the northwest. It is always good to have an extra road. Moreover, the place where Governor Song and the Sun family fought is too far away from Ningcheng. Even if the supplies are sent to Ningcheng, they want to transfer them to The front line is not an easy task for the current capacity of the Northwest. It is better to go closer by water."

Shang Feiyun thought for a while and said, "Okay, Feiyunhui is also familiar with the water transportation business, so it's not difficult."

Leng Sa smiled, "Thank you."

Shang Feiyun got up and went out, Leng Sa looked at the two remaining people in the room and sighed: "General Song, Jiazhou still has to work hard for you."

Song Boang frowned, a little worried, "Young madam, are you going to the northwest?"

Leng Sa smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave right away. At least...you have to wait until the warlord returns to Yongcheng from the capital."

Fu Fengcheng took Yao Guan with her when she went to the southwest. Governor Fu was in the capital. If she went to the northwest again, there would really be no one in the six southern provinces.

Besides, she can't help much by going to the northwest now. On the contrary, there are still many things to be arranged in Jiazhou. At least I have to wait for Jiang Yu to send some news back.

Song Boang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good." If the young lady just went to the northwest like this, he doesn't know how to explain to the warlord and the young master.

La la la, it's the end of the month, I have the audacity to ask for a monthly pass~~(づ￣3￣)づ(*￣3)(ε￣*)