Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

In less than four hours, the First Operations Room had completely wiped out two regiment-level combat units of the 102nd Brigade in Tongshan City.

The new commander of the 102nd Brigade, Yang Su, knelt in front of Liu Chengxu with a sad face.

I was so damn unlucky. The previous brigade commander Feng Dingshan died at the hands of the Sanjiang County Security Corps. I had just taken office, and less than half a year later, the Northwest Revolutionary Army attacked again. The offensive was so fierce that my 102nd Brigade could not resist it at all. In less than three days, I became a prisoner of the First Combat Division.

"Commander Liu, I am willing to lead the 102nd Brigade to join the light. I beg you to show mercy and let me go."

Liu Chengxu took out the pistol from his waist and slapped it on the table.

"If you want to survive, it depends on your performance. The news of the fall of Tongshan City should not have spread yet. If you can lead people to trick the gate of Tianlan City open for me, I can consider letting you go."

One hundred and twenty miles west of Tongshan City is Tianlan City, an important base of the Zhao warlords. It is known as the granary of Ganzhou. Every year, the Zhao warlords would store the grain they collected from the southern part of Ganzhou Province in this Tianlan City.

The 107th Brigade of the Zhao warlords is responsible for guarding Lantian City, the real ace force.

According to intelligence from the Northwest Intelligence Bureau, the large granaries in the entire Lantian City probably store a total of 60 tons of grain. If Lantian City can be captured, it will ease the current food pressure of the Northwest Revolutionary Army. At the same time, it will also be a real blow to the Zhao warlords' aorta.

Finally, under the threat of Liu Chengxu, the new brigade commander of the 102nd Brigade, Yang Su, led thousands of Northwest Revolutionary Army soldiers disguised as Zhao's soldiers and headed straight for Lantian City.

Under normal circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to trick the gate of Lantian City open, but the commander of the 107th Brigade was Yang Su's cousin Yang Lie. It was because of this relationship that Yang Lie specifically recommended Yang Su to become the new commander of the 102nd Brigade.

When the commander of the 102nd Brigade, Yang Su, arrived at Lantian City in a very embarrassed manner with 39 defeated soldiers, the commander of the th Regiment who was responsible for guarding the city wall hurriedly ordered the city gates to be opened to let Yang Su in.

"Commander Yang, why are you here?"

"Don't mention it. The Northwest Revolutionary Army's little bastards' artillery is really powerful. Before I could react, they used artillery to blow up the city wall. Fortunately, I ran fast and fled to Blue Sky City with the guards."

"So that's how it is. Don't worry, the walls of our Blue Sky City have been specially reinforced, and there are layers of defense lines set up inside the city. It won't be that easy for the Northwest Revolutionary Army to break in."

As soon as the commander of the 39th Regiment finished speaking, Liu Ershun, who was wearing a Zhao-style military uniform and standing next to Yang Su, drew his service pistol and shot the commander of the 39th Regiment to hell.

The Northwest Revolutionary Army soldiers, who were well prepared, opened fire at the garrison on the city gate one after another. Without any defense, the Northwest Revolutionary Army quickly seized control of the city gate.

Before the news from the city gate had time to reach the brigade headquarters of the 107th Brigade, the st Combat Division, today's large force had already marched straight into Blue Sky City.

After Yang Su, an insider, tricked the city gate into opening, the large force completely resolved the battle in less than 5 hours. With very little cost, they captured the 107th Brigade. Several granaries in the city were also successfully occupied by the First Combat Division.

Looking at the granary in front of him filled with bags of grain piled up like a mountain, Liu Chengxu couldn't stop smiling.

These grains are one of the greatest assets of the Zhao warlords, and will become the food reserves of the Northwest Revolutionary Army in the future.

They did not stop their offensive during the first battle. In less than two days, they captured several counties under the jurisdiction of Lantian City.

The Zhao faction's mentality was completely broken. They had only taken a little bit of benefit from the Guo faction, but in the end, even their lair was taken out by the Northwest Revolutionary Army. Now the Second and Third Divisions of the Northwest Revolutionary Army were living in peace with the Guo faction's army outside Nanguan City, and they were involved with each other.

However, his own nest was turned upside down by the First Combat Division.

In the Northwest Revolutionary Army Headquarters, Su Zhengyang received the news from the First Combat Division and nodded with satisfaction, saying, "Tell Liu Chengxu and the others not to go any further into the Zhao faction's territory. They should defend the two cities to the death. They will never spit out the fat meat from our Northwest Revolutionary Army. This is the price the Zhao faction should pay."

In Yong'an City, the capital of Linzhou, Guo Qicheng sat in his office, frowning as he looked at Ito Masao standing in front of him and said slowly, "How long will it take for the military aid from your Fuso Empire to be delivered here?"

"Guo Sang, don't worry. This time, our Fusang Empire's Guandong Corps deliberately arranged for this batch of aid to go through the railway line of Mengguo, passing through the territory of the Zhao family and directly entering Linzhou. It has nothing to do with any warlord faction in China, so there won't be any problems. It is expected that this batch of military aid will be delivered to Yong'an City in seven days."

Guo Qichen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Zhao clique had been thinking of withdrawing its troops back to Ganzhou because their old nest had been disturbed by the First Combat Division of the Northwest Revolutionary Army and the granary in southern Ganzhou had also fallen into the hands of the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

If he could not offer tangible benefits to make the Zhao clique willingly fight for his life, once the Zhao clique's more than 2 combat troops withdrew from Linzhou, it would be difficult for him to face the pressure from the Northwest Revolutionary Army alone.

In the Northwest Revolutionary Army Headquarters, Su Zhengyang drank a sip of tea leisurely: "So the second batch of military aid from the Fuso Empire should be delivered to Guo Qicheng soon. I will give your Intelligence Bureau a task. Find a way to assassinate Ito Masao. He is an important hub for the cooperation between the Fuso Empire and the Guo faction. Once Ito Masao is killed, the Fuso Empire will no longer provide any assistance to the Guo faction in a short period of time. I want to cut off Guo Qicheng's last wish."

Yan Shuangying nodded and said, "Guo Qicheng, this lackey, gave Ito Masao an office building to be used as the embassy of the Fuso Empire in Linzhou. The business of Ito Chamber of Commerce is also booming. Although assassinating Ito Masao is very risky, judging from the strength of the secret lines we have left in Yong'an City, there is definitely a chance that we can do it."

"I can go there in person, take off Ito Masao's head, and burn the Fuso Empire's embassy on the way, so as to make the relationship between the Guo faction and the Fuso Empire tense."

"This matter must be done well, preferably before this batch of military aid arrives in Yong'an City. By the time the military aid arrives, Ito Masao, who is in charge of this matter, will go to see their Yaki Great God. I wonder how Guo Qicheng will deal with it."

In fact, Guo Qicheng has now become a complete clown. If it weren't for his cooperation with the Fuso Empire, which could bring him a lot of benefits and rapidly increase his strength, the Zhao faction probably wouldn't even look at him. Once the cooperative relationship between Guo Qicheng and the Fuso Empire is destroyed, the end of the Guo faction will be here.