"Boss, what are you talking about? When do you think I will go to Xinjiang?"
After listening to the boss's story, Li Qiufan couldn't wait to go to Xinjiang.
"Why are you going to Xinjiang? I didn't ask you to come back to Xinjiang!"
When Li Qiufan asked when he was going to Xinjiang, the boss immediately said to him.
"Not going to Xinjiang? Then where should I go?"
Li Qiufan was stunned and didn't understand why the boss wanted to bring him back.
"Your first regiment will rest in Xi'an for a day, rush to Baoji immediately tomorrow, and then wait for orders!"
"In addition, I will send other troops to take over the defense of Xinjiang, and then your three verticals and political commissars will be transferred back to you."
The boss did not tell Li Qiufan about his arrangements, but just asked him to go to Baoji first and then wait for orders.
"Going to Baoji?"
Li Qiufan frowned when he heard the boss's words and didn't understand why he was arranged to go to Baoji.
But this meeting was obviously not the time to ask questions, so Li Qiufan could only arrange the troops first, and then follow the boss back to the Wild Division headquarters.
"Boss, just tell me, why do you want me to go to Baoji?"
Seeing no one around, Li Qiufan asked the boss curiously.
"Look at how anxious you are, just obey orders and wait for arrangements!"
Seeing Li Qiufan's angry look, the boss glared at him with disgust and said.
"Boss, don't you feel confident?"
Li Qiufan scratched his head awkwardly and said to the boss.
“Where is Baoji closest?”
The boss shook his head helplessly, and then asked Li Qiufan.
"Xi'an?"
Hearing the boss's question, Li Qiufan blurted out without thinking.
"What a stupid head!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's answer, the boss said angrily.
"Ah, the Sichuan-Shaanxi border! Southwest?"
After being scolded by the boss, Li Qiufan finally understood and immediately confirmed it to the boss.
"Okay, let's go back!"
The boss didn't respond whether he was right or wrong, he just waved his hand towards Li Qiufan and said.
Although the boss did not give him a reply, Li Qiufan already understood why he went to Baoji, and then left the headquarters.
The next day, after Li Qiufan said goodbye to his boss, he led the troops to Baoji.
After arriving in Baoji, Li Qiufan ordered the troops to step up training, and at the same time sent a reconnaissance battalion across the Qinling Mountains to conduct reconnaissance on the enemy forces at the Sichuan-Shaanxi border.
After more than a month of peaceful days, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong rushed to Baoji with their troops and joined Li Qiufan.
"Old Zhao, you miss me so much!"
When Li Qiufan saw Zhao Gang, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, he hugged him like a bear.
"Qiu Fan, long time no see!"
Zhao Gang was also very excited after seeing Li Qiufan, and his eyes were slightly red.
"You sour scholar, don't make me cry. I'm here to check whether you are missing any parts when you go to Xinjiang!"
Li Qiufan smiled when he saw Zhao Gang's red eyes, and then started to examine Zhao Gang with his hands.
"You must be so cautious! There are so many people watching!"
Zhao Gang became anxious when he saw Li Qiufan trying to take off his pants.
"Brother, you only have eyes for the political commissar, and you don't see our old Li at all!"
While the two were reminiscing about old times, Li Yunlong on the side said resentfully to Li Qiufan.
"You, Lao Li, didn't tell me to salute and report to me, but you still waited for me to say hello to you?"
Hearing Li Yunlong's voice, Li Qiufan teased him with a slightly raised corner of his mouth.
"Alas, the rank of official is overwhelming to death!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Li Yunlong shook his head with emotion.
"You're wrong about this, Lao Li. I'm several levels older than you! Hahaha..."
Li Qiufan promptly corrected the mistake in Li Yunlong's words, and then laughed.
At the same time, Heizi, Erhu and others also arrived, and everyone greeted them cordially and reminisced about the past.
"Old Zhao, I heard from the boss that you were so stupid that you raised a team of more than 20,000 people? Where are they?"
After reminiscing about old times, Li Qiufan remembered the troops Zhao Gang had raised and hurriedly asked about them.
"I stayed in Xinjiang. Didn't the boss tell you?"
Upon hearing Li Qiufan's inquiry, Zhao Gang said to him doubtfully that he thought Li Qiufan had known about this for a long time.
"Stay in Xinjiang?"
Li Qiufan was stunned when he heard Zhao Gang's answer, and then recalled the conversation between his boss and him.
At that time, the boss said that he would transfer the third column and his political commissar back, but he did not mention that unit. Only then did Li Qiufan suddenly realize that the boss had dug a big hole for him.
"Boss, boss, aren't you bullying others?"
After figuring out what was going on, Li Qiufan patted his forehead, and then said helplessly.
"The boss bullied you? What happened?"
Zhao Gang was a little puzzled by Li Qiufan's words and hurriedly asked him.
"It's okay, just think of it as a gift to the boss!"
Li Qiufan did not explain Zhao Gang's inquiry, and pulled him back to his headquarters with a perfunctory sentence.
"Qiu Fan, why are you here when the boss transferred our First Corps to Baoji? He also transferred me and the Third Column back together."
After arriving at the headquarters, Zhao Gang asked Li Qiufan his doubts.
Like Li Qiufan at the beginning, he didn't understand the significance of the boss's transfer.
Li Qiufan did not speak when he heard Zhao Gang's inquiry, but stretched out his hand and pointed in one direction.
"southwest?"
Seeing the direction of Li Qiufan's finger, Zhao Gang blurted out.
"That's probably what happened!"
Li Qiufan nodded towards Zhao Gang and said.
"I see, why did I end up here in Baoji?"
At this time, Zhao Gang suddenly realized why he transferred them to Baoji.
"Old Zhao, you came back just in time!"
"Now this security brigade is overstaffed. I want to expand it into five columns."
"But currently there are only about 20,000 people in the security brigade, and the strength of each column of our first corps is 30,000, so the recruitment matter is left to you!"
"The other thing is the heavy artillery division. I want to make some rectifications on it, which also requires your help!"
After talking about the purpose of being transferred to Baoji, Li Qiufan suddenly told Zhao Gang about the security brigade and heavy artillery division, which made Zhao Gang very confused.
He understood the expansion of the garrison brigade column. Through Li Yunlong, he also knew about the changes in the garrison brigade and the strength he currently had.
What puzzled him was that Li Qiufan wanted to rectify the heavy artillery division. Zhao Gang didn't understand what needed to be changed in the heavy artillery division.
"What's wrong with the heavy artillery division? Why does this good guy need to be rectified?"
Zhao Gang asked Li Qiufan his doubts, and then waited for Li Qiufan's answer.
"Old Zhao, you've been out for too long this time. We have a lot more good things now!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's inquiry, Li Qiufan smiled at him and said.
