After a long time, Lin Yuexin seemed to come out of a certain trance. She gently brushed her hair that was messed up by the breeze outside the window, sorted out her confused thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wang, maybe you have some suggestions." It comes from your sincerity, and Lin Yue accepts your kindness heartily, but the matter between your family and I is not as simple as imagined, at least it is not at this stage yet. I believe you will agree with me, So I think it would be better for us to come back and discuss a more practical method of cooperation.”
Seeing that the other party politely rejected his suggestion, Wang Zongxi sighed in his heart. It seemed that the other party was still unable to untie the knot of family honor. For the Lin family, it seemed that the marriage of a woman could save the existence of Sanjiang. It seemed a bit too cowardly. Even if there was no such factor on both sides, external public opinion forced the Lin family not to adopt this suggestion. Lin Yuexin had to reject the proposal because she needed to think about her father and brother.
"Miss Yue Xin, since you said so, Zong Xi has no choice but to obey, but the other conditions may not be very pleasant." Wang Zong Xi still tried his best to use euphemistic language to explain his intentions.
"Master Wang, please make it clear that Yue Xin is mentally prepared." Lin Yuexin smiled calmly. Lin Yuexin had already expected that there would be harsh conditions in the northwest.
"Okay." Wang Zongxi didn't waste any more nonsense. He took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to the other party. He smiled slightly and said, "This is the suggestion made by the Foreign Affairs Office of our Western Xinjiang Protectorate. If Miss Yue Xin thinks there is no problem, , then our troops will be able to garrison Jiangchuan and Qindu immediately, and you will not be responsible for the defense of Anshun."
Lin Yuexin briefly glanced at the documents provided by the other party and nodded in agreement: "Okay, we agree with your conditions, but I want to explain that your army cannot enter Jiangchuan City with more than two divisions. The capital's troops are not allowed to garrison in the Qin capital city, but can only be stationed in frontline fortresses outside the Qin capital city. In addition, once the frontline situation is stable and we feel that it is not necessary to station your army, we can ask the other party to evacuate any place at any time and at any time. You must obey unconditionally.”
His face was suffocated, Wang Zongxi pondered for a moment and said: "Miss Yue Xin, please forgive me, your supplement seems a bit excessive. You are asking our Northwest Army to act as a shield for you, I think-"
"Sir Wang, please remember that no party in the exchange of benefits gets something for nothing. We have admitted that Sanjiang is affiliated to the Western Xinjiang Protectorate. Of course, the Western Xinjiang Protectorate has the obligation to ensure our safety. Otherwise, we will unify tariffs with Xijiang. What’s the point of the market? Our Lin family can even give up our own honor. Is the Western Xinjiang Protectorate so afraid of sacrifice? In war, there will be bloodshed and sacrifice. This is a matter of course. Isn’t the Northwest Army, which has experienced many battles, not Understanding this, is the so-called famous secret of this army just a mouthful? Or is Li Wufeng's heart getting softer and softer the more killings he has experienced?" Lin Yuexin's attitude gradually turned tough, and his tone was extremely sarcastic. Satire.
Wang Zongxi had long known that this mission would not be so easy, and such cynicism was expected. Faced with the girl's slight sarcasm, he could only smile bitterly in response.
The signing of the "Li-Lin Secret Agreement" finally ended the long-term hostile relationship between the Lin family in Sanjiang and the Li family in the northwest. The two parties transformed from enemies into allies. Although both parties have not been able to enter their respective roles in a short period of time, and the relationship has not been fully resolved. Okay, but in the face of the powerful military threat of the Machikhans, the details are temporarily put aside. Ensuring the security of the existing front is the top priority.
The benefits that the northwest side gained from the Sanjiang Lin family were actually negligible, and most of them were even in vain. Especially before the relationship between Lin Yuexin and Li Wufeng became clear, this relationship seemed even more illusory. The military affairs of Sanjiang County (Jiangchuan and Qindu Prefectures) are under the guidance of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, but the Western Xinjiang Protectorate has no right to directly interfere with Sanjiang's military affairs. Sanjiang is independent in government affairs, but opens tariffs and markets to the entire Western Xinjiang Protectorate. (Including the financial market), compared to the Lin family, which only has Jiangchuan and Qindu remaining, this latter condition is more beneficial to the Lin family. The increase in business transactions is also a comfort to the Lin family, whose finances have been exhausted.
The Northwest Army will dispatch at least five divisions in the shortest possible time to help Sanjiang safeguard its sovereignty. The short-term goal is to ensure the security of Jiangchuan and Qindu, and the long-term goal is to regain Huayang, which was captured by Machi Khan. and Yushan Prefecture. As for the status of Anshun Prefecture, Northwest promised not to interfere in its government affairs and would only be responsible for defense affairs. The final ownership issue will wait until the situation in Sanjiang stabilizes before detailed negotiations to return it to the Lin family.
The significance of the "Li-Lin Secret Agreement" does not lie in how much benefit the northwest gained, but in that Li Wufeng obtained a reason to send troops to help the Lin family maintain its current status as a barrier to the south of the northwest. Within the Northwest, many people are opposed to sending troops to help the Lin family maintain their current status. They believe that either sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, or jointly carving up the three rivers, is the best strategy for the Northwest. They blindly believe that the Northwest now has the capabilities to cope with it at the same time. Threats came from several parties, and people who knew the inside story were worried that Wufeng would be blinded by his children's affair, so they firmly opposed sending troops to assist the Lin family in Sanjiang.
However, Li Wufeng clearly saw the existing hidden worries in the northwest. Once faced with the military threats of the two powerful enemies of the Kaman and the Machikhan at the same time, the northwest would no longer be able to withstand attacks from any other party. Given the current situation of the northwest, In this environment, the Luzon and Luobi 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 situation. Even the Sisluo people may change from living in harmony to vicious enemies, so He could not sit back and watch the situation evolve to the point where the northwest was facing two powerful enemies at the same time. Then the Lin family would naturally become the ones in need of support.
The Lin family has been rooted in Sanjiang for a long time, has strong connections, stable public support, and huge potential. Although the Machihans have captured Huayang and Yushan, their plan to digest these two places is far from annexing Yue Jing. easy. As long as Lin Yuexin is in charge, Sanjiang will definitely be able to mobilize its original strength and instigate the two places to cooperate internally and externally, so that the assimilation and tolerant policies of the Macihan people cannot easily succeed. The Lin family still has an army of more than 100,000. As long as it is given certain support, it will definitely become a The northwest was a solid shield against the Machihans. For this reason, Wufeng even believed that even if Anshun and the Lin family were returned, the stability of Sanjiang's shield should be ensured.
After the secret agreement was signed, Wu Feng immediately issued an order. Two Guards Divisions of the Northwest Army immediately entered the territory of Jiangchuan, and then three divisions of the Southwest Army also entered the territory of Jiangchuan and Qindu. The defense of Anshun Prefecture was handed over to The Third Division of the Northwest Army was temporarily responsible for the task, while the Fourth Division of the Northwest Army, which traveled south day and night, continued to march southward unaffected by the war situation in the north. Soon it crossed the Lujiang River in Hanzhong and arrived south from Qindu. Anshun. At the same time, Wu Feng ordered the immediate recruitment of reserve soldiers in Myanmar to form the fifth division of the Southwest Army to be responsible for the defense of the entire Myanmar.
The Northwest Army that entered Jiangchuan soon came into contact with Machi Khan's army, which had already established a foothold in Huayang and Yushan. When the Fourth Division entered Anshun, the Third Division was also pushed to the front line, and A division of the Southwest Army fought fiercely in the border areas of Anshun and Yushan with the vanguard of Mach Khan who attacked from the south.
In just one week, the five divisions of the Northwest Army continued to engage in melee battles with the advancing Machi Khan's army in the areas bordering Jiangchuan and Huayang, and in the areas bordering Jiangchuan and Yushan. Four of the Sanjiang Army were fully equipped. The most elite divisions also joined the battlefield, and more than 400,000 troops fought several large-scale battles in the border areas of several prefectures. Due to the lack of tacit understanding between the Sanjiang Front Army and the Northwest Army, and the fact that the troops of the Southwest Army have not yet undergone the harsh test of war after reorganization, the Northwest Army and the Sanjiang Front Army suffered successive defeats in the past two weeks, and the Southwest Army had two divisions. Most of the losses were lost, and a division of the Sanjiang Front Army was defeated. The front line once advanced to less than 60 miles away from Jiangchuan Fucheng.
Fortunately, the Third Division successfully withstood the charge of the Machihan cavalry group in the south, and conducted a beautiful joint counterattack with the Sanjiang Front Army to contain the Machihan offensive in the south. The First Guards Division, led by the division commander Song Tianxiong, joined hands with the Second Guards Division and the Sanjiang Front Army to launch a counterattack. Taking advantage of the Machihan people's eagerness to fight, they lured the enemy deep and annihilated them in one fell swoop. A complete regiment of the Machikhans won the eye-catching "Battle of Caoyugou", which greatly dampened the spirit of the Machikhans. Coupled with the fact that in early August, the weather became increasingly hot, and epidemics also appeared in Makhi Khan's army. Both sides were forced to postpone their next military operations, each separated from the frontline contact zone, and the war situation stabilized.
Just when the Sanjiang War entered a protracted tug-of-war, the Kaman people's offensive and defensive battle with the Northwest Army in Pinglu Fucheng turned into a "Pinglu Grave" that later both sides talked about. No military history book of later generations can describe the brutality and cruelty of this battle in more vivid words. If we really want to choose a piece of language that profoundly depicts the cruelty of this battle, perhaps we can only use the historiography that later generations said cherished words like gold. Wu Han's account in "The Founding War of the Republic of China" can be considered accurate: "After the battle, the imperial army left, and only two out of ten soldiers remained. The inner walls were broken, the ditches were flat and white, and the blood flowed everywhere. Outside, The enemy soldiers looked at the wall and their hearts trembled, not daring to look directly at it. Some veterans returned, more than ten years later, they still woke up from nightmares, and dozens of them were crazy."