"Caution prevents major mistakes!" Wang Qunyou had been to Beiping twice, yet he always felt this city was different from any other, its streets perpetually shrouded in a layer of gloom.
Kong Lingli said nothing more. Once the motorcade outside was ready and officers from the nearby police precinct had arrived, the group set off by car for the headquarters.
Nominally, Beiping Headquarters was the highest military and administrative authority in the North China region, but Li Lin wielded very little actual power. The various pacification commissions under his purview reported directly to the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs of the National Government. Furthermore, his own direct-line troops were all stationed in Central China, leaving Li Lin suspended in mid-air—unable to advance and unable to retreat.
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