Chaos

Chapter 24

The smoke filled the air, the flames of war raged, the dust flying on the battlefield, and the bloody stumps piled up dreams of dominating the world, burying young futures and distant places.Fighting and yelling are the adrenaline at this time, and the nightmare at that time.

Hu Fangyong and a group of staff looked at the battle map in the command room and discussed the battle plan.

Xiao Liu from the telecommunications office took a letter and hurried into the command room.

"Master! Telegram from the front!"

Staff Officer Chen quickly picked it up and read it.

"What did you say?" Hu Fangyong asked anxiously.

Staff Officer Chen finished reading with a dignified expression, and said slowly, "Anqing has fallen."

Hu Fangyong collapsed on the chair.When Anqing was captured, Hou Wannian's army would soon be able to go north to Hefei, and the command room here would change hands.

"Zhongqin, what should we do?"

Zhao Zhongqin is Hu Fangyong's most capable general, and he made great contributions in the Anqing battle with Hou Wannian last time.

Zhao Zhongqin asked Gu Dujun: "How many troops do we have in total?"

"Say more than forty thousand."

"Say less?"

Gu hesitated and said, "Twenty-eight thousand."

Chen looked at the map, pointed to Chizhou, and said, "Anqing has fallen, and Chizhou has less than a thousand troops. I'm afraid it will be soon."

Zhao Zhongqin looked north along the small flag on the map, and suddenly asked: "How many soldiers are there in Bengbu and Huainan?"

Staff Officer Wu on the right replied: "A total of [-], but it is too far away, there is not enough time, and there are not enough supplies."

"No," Zhao Zhongqin shook his head, and planted the small flag above Hefei in the position of Huainan, "No troops, let's go."

A group of staff officers and Hu Fangyong immediately cheered up and started discussing in twos and threes.

Hu Fangyong looked at the map and asked, "Shall we go to Huainan?"

"That's right, one-third of the elites from Bengbu, Huainan will set off immediately to Hefei for reinforcements. You should contact Feng Zhenyang immediately, and send all the firepower to the troops south of Hefei. Fire suppression will limit the enemy's marching speed." Just in case, the command room has been moved to Huainan, so hurry up and recruit recruits!"

Li Mu got out of the car and was led by the guards to Hou Wannian's office. At this time, Hou Wannian was wearing a military uniform and standing in front of the window smoking a pipe.

"Ouch! Mrs. Mu! Please sit down quickly! I haven't seen you for a long time!" Hou Wannian hurried over to say hello.

Li Mu walked over with a smile and said, "In Shanghai, I heard that the commander-in-chief took down Anqing. My father was overwhelmed with admiration, and specially asked me to prepare a small gift to bring here! I wish you success in the future like this time!"

The door opened, and two people carried a wooden ornament of a large horse, the carving was extremely exquisite.

Hou Wannian was very happy. After the courtesy, he sent someone to accept the ornaments, and sat down to talk with Li Mu.

"Mr. Gong has a heart! I wonder how the old man is doing?"

"The body is almost recovered, but it still needs to be raised for a few days, please bear it in mind."

Hou Wannian nodded and said, "I've been worried since I heard the news that Mr. Gong was injured in the Shanghai shootout, but luckily Mr. Gong has great fortune and nothing major happened."

Li Mu smiled and said: "Before I left, Mr. Gong was still telling me that Marshal Hou has great ambitions, and this time he has prepared enough ammunition to complete it in one go and go straight to Shandong!"

"That's right, we just got rid of our humiliation and won a battle that we lost a few months ago. Now the momentum is in full swing. I plan to strike while the iron is hot, and we will definitely win Anhui before the end of the year!"

"It seems that the commander-in-chief is determined to win!"

"Just laughing and laughing. I asked the family to prepare wine and food. If Madam Mu doesn't dislike it, can you come and sit in the humble house as a favor?"

"Where is the commander-in-chief, you don't have to go to other people's invitations, but yours, most people can't come if they want to come!"

"Please!"

In the cubicle of Fuyi Building, Li Kang set up a table of food and wine, stood sideways in front of the window, and saw a car parked downstairs. Smith went upstairs with a man in a suit and glasses, and appeared in the blink of an eye. The compartment door.

Smith smiled and walked into the cubicle with him, Li Kang was standing at the door to greet him.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Wilson, Secretary General of the General Administration of Customs."

The issue of customs sovereignty left over from the late Qing Dynasty was particularly prominent in Shanghai. Most of the high-level customs officials were foreigners, and the Chinese could only do some auxiliary work in it.Wilson is the senior secretary of the Customs Department and occasionally participates in internal decision-making as the spokesman for the Director-General.

Li Kang smiled and reached out to shake Wilson's hand, and the three entered the cubicle together.After arranging for the two to meet, Smith avoided them, leaving only the two to talk.

"Mr. Wilson," Li Kang poured a glass of wine for him with a smile, "It's cold today, I brought you some wine from here to warm it up. Thinking that you usually drink foreign wine, and occasionally drink wine from here, Try it too!"

Wilson just looked at the wine bowl with a smile, didn't move, and said, "Mr. Kang, Smith is a good friend of mine. He told me that you needed to talk to me about something important. I came here. My job is very important. Too much, I only applied for an hour's leave, hurry up."

Li Kang put down his hands, pursed his lips in embarrassment, and said, "Then I won't beat around the bush with you. I really have something important to see you today. You should have heard that the war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has started again. Wars cost the most money. Hou Wannian and Hu Fangyong are now fighting for the boundary of Anhui. This battle will last at least until the end of the year. With the current flow of arms, a battle between the two ships will be gone..."

Wilson didn't answer. He looked at the clock on the wall and said, "I still have 10 minutes."

Li Kang thought for a while, then took out an empty check from his pocket, took a pen from his chest, and quickly filled in the amount.When Wilson saw the amount, he swallowed lightly and pretended to be nonchalant.

After writing the check, Li Kang put the check face down in front of Wilson, staring into Wilson's eyes without moving.

Wilson looked at the check and then at him, and said, "Go ahead."

"Okay," Li Kang smiled, "The goods on the front line are urgently rushed, and the traffic here can't keep up. It's not just the warlords and us who sell goods that suffer, the customs also have to lose a lot. Money that should have gone in your pocket. Easing traffic is good for everyone."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Open the pier..."

"There are already more than a dozen of them at the black cargo terminal." Wilson interrupted Li Kang.

Li Kang shook his head and said, "Open the pier, there is a time limit."

Wilson smiled and said, "How long?"

"All day." Li Kang stared into Wilson's eyes, and there was already some overconfident pride in his eyes.

Wilson took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Why do you think this will work?"

"Only by myself, I don't think it will work, so I invite you to come." Li Kang put his hand next to the check.

"I'm just the Director General's secretary, why do you believe I can help you?" Wilson didn't look at the check.

Li Kang withdrew his hand and said: "Everyone wants to eat. Don't do things that are not good for you, and don't do things that don't benefit you much. This is only half. If you succeed, there is the other half."

Wilson looked at the check that was reversed by Li Kang, blinked his eyes and thought about it, and slowly took a sip from the wine bowl, and said, "Your wine is very spicy."

Li Kang watched him drink, smiled and poured him another bowl.

"Chinese wine, all spicy."

In Hou Wannian's house, Li Mu was walking and chatting with him on the covered bridge.

"How is Mr. Gong recovering from his injury?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Father was not in that car, and he was not injured."

"Then why is it rumored that he is ill?"

"A few days before the Chamber of Commerce, someone came to tell us that they found Li Lu and Mrs. Han in a church in the northern suburbs. My father hurriedly asked someone to go and see. When we arrived, Mrs. Han was still alive and was shot. At any rate, he still saved his life, but Li Lu was already dead. When my father arranged Li Lu's funeral at night, Li Kang wanted Li Nan to come back. To be serious, my father fell ill when he got angry."

Hou Wannian nodded, sighed, and said, "These children of Li Heng are not worrying. But how did Li Lu die?"

Li Mu narrowed his eyes, and sighed, "I was shot in the head, my whole body was bruised, and there were wounds everywhere."

Hou Wannian frowned: "The attack was ruthless enough, so it's no wonder that Mr. Gong is sad. But he who dared to touch the heir of the Li family should not be an ordinary hooligan. Have you found out who it is?"

Li Mu's complexion suddenly became heavy, he thought for a while, and said, "Father suspects that it is Li Kang."

"Li Kang?!" Hou Wannian almost thought he had heard it wrong, "Isn't he Li Lu's younger brother?"

"Would it be said that people's hearts are unpredictable, and the world is unpredictable? Not only Li Lu's death, but my father also suspected that Li Kang was responsible for the shootout on Phoenix Street, but it was just a suspicion, and no evidence was found."

Hou Wannian sighed: "I really didn't expect that Li Kang is such a tough bone."

Li Mu gritted his teeth. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still showed a bit of a fierce look. He relaxed again in a blink of an eye, sneered, and sighed helplessly: "Thirty years, who would have thought that the person who wants to kill you is hiding by your side... ...If my father really got into that car, I'm afraid it will be more ominous now."

"What exactly does this Li Kang want to do? Even if he wants to be the heir before he kills Li Lu, then he is already the heir. What good will it do him to kill Mr. Gong?"

Li Mu frowned and shook his head, and said, "I can't think of what Li Kang is thinking now, it seems that I want to ruin the Li family to be satisfied..."

"People's hearts are separated from each other," Hou Wannian raised his head to look at the cloudy sky, "Just like this day, who remembers the clear sky a few days ago?"

"He hasn't come back for a few days. I heard people say that he bought a yard outside and lived with some local ruffian drivers."

Hou Wannian smiled and said, "Li Kang is going to follow Li Nan's old path. Your Li family is about to go through another robbery. Is it snowing?"

As Hou Wannian said, he walked to the side of the covered bridge and took a look, "It's snowing!"