The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 317 Shooting
"Don't think about it. Wait for these big and small warlords to finish their meeting. Once we have dealt with the Third Master's matter...you should take him back to the Northeast as soon as possible."

Jiang Cheng raised his hand and patted Feng Yong's trembling shoulder, gently comforting him who looked uneasy.

Ever since the fallout with the Marshal, the Feng family had trouble almost every now and then, and the family's fortunes had plummeted to the bottom.

Now even Feng Delin has become a prisoner. No matter how strong he is mentally, he can't hold on any longer.

"I hope... our Feng family will be alright after this hardship!"

Feng Yong sighed.

Because of a meeting to discuss the support of the government in the capital, the warlords from all over the country were arguing - they had to wait for two days, but Xu Shuzheng, the deputy commander of the Fengtian Army, kept avoiding them.

Jiang Cheng was getting a little impatient waiting, because this trip to Beijing was arranged by Sun Zhengnan and the schedule was very tight:

In addition to meeting the French consul, Jiang Cheng also wanted to meet the British through the French, and by the way... see if he could insert other people.

He is not afraid that the troops will become so-called "made in various countries". After all, everything is difficult at the beginning. If he can contact many countries and purchase smoothly, and then recruit some research teams, he will not worry about not being able to develop his own things.

"Is he waiting for us to pay?"

After dinner in the evening, Jiang Cheng invited Feng Yong to the back garden for a stroll and a meal, while he pulled his wife aside and asked her questions softly.

Isn't it the same from ancient times to the present? Especially when doing something like this, you need money to get the job done.

"This……"

After some hesitation, Feng Yong decided to tell Jiang Cheng the truth, "This money was spent quite a lot! I took care of everything from top to bottom."

"Isn't that a little bit insufficient, am I?"

Before he could finish his words, a gunshot suddenly rang out from deep in the garden!
Although in this chaotic era, gunshots are not uncommon.

But this is the Fengtian Army’s headquarters in Tianjin after all. Something is too wrong here... especially in the dead of night!

Jiang Cheng hugged the frightened Zhang Tingxue into his arms, and Browning was ready to fire. But before he could make the next move, he saw several people suddenly approaching from the far end of the corridor.

Under the bright light, Jiang Cheng saw clearly at once:
Two soldiers in dark blue Beiyang uniforms were coming towards this side, holding a man with blood gushing out of his chest.

When I looked up and saw them, the two soldiers walked away as if nothing had happened. The man was shot in the back and through the chest.

As he was dragged away, sticky blood flowed all over the ground.

Jiang Cheng was slightly startled, seeing that Zhang Tingxue and Feng Yong’s faces were pale.

"Ahem... Is it Master Jiang and Master Feng?"

Just as he was staring at them going away, Jiang Cheng heard the voice and immediately followed it:

At the place where they came from, a man in royal blue military uniform walked slowly towards them with his hands in his pockets.

The military boots stepped on the stone road, making a light clattering sound, like a heavy hammer hitting their hearts.

Xu Shuzheng?!

Jiang Cheng clenched Browning slightly, but the latter smiled and smoothed his sleek hair: "Hurry up and put the stuff away, we... are brothers in arms."

Feng Yong gritted his teeth and said, "You did it? Who did it?"

Xu Shuzheng turned his face towards Jiang Cheng, but quickly turned his eyes away and glanced at Feng Yong coldly with a smile: "Mr. Feng, do you want to interfere in this case?"

Feng Yong couldn't answer.

He couldn't answer - after all, he was still relying on him to rescue his father.

"If you kill Lu Jianzhang, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the warlords in various places."

Jiang Cheng still held the loaded pistol in his hand and said in a low voice, "At this time, in this place, aren't you afraid of provoking Master Shuai's dissatisfaction?"

Now the capital is in a mess. Jiang Cheng already knew the theme of this meeting, which is about whether the capital should fight or make peace. Old Duan wants to fight, because Xu Shuzheng has become the second in command of the Fengtian Army with the help of the 40 million equipment;
Now, once the war breaks out, Xu Shuzheng can lead part of the Fengtian Army to support Lao Duan... Even if this fails, there is also Ji Jinchun inside the Great Wall.

In the worst case scenario, Xu Shuzheng has already formed an army based on his position as deputy commander, and now they are fighting against the Zhi army, and they have a great chance of winning.

Therefore, Feng Huafu, who had long been at odds with Old Duan, instructed Lu Jianzhang's eldest son Lu Chengwu to call his father to Tianjin.

His purpose was to use Lu Jianzhang to persuade Cao Kun to return to the Zhili clique, and then cooperate with Lao Zhang outside the Great Wall and Li Chun inside the Great Wall... to turn the military governor's meeting into a situation that was beneficial to Feng but unfavorable to Duan.

So in this situation, how could Old Duan and Xiao Xu not be afraid of him?
After Lu Jianzhang arrived in Tianjin, Xu Shuzheng wrote to him and invited him to the Fengtian Army’s Tianjin headquarters for a talk.

He was confident that he was a serving general and a senior member of the Beiyang faction, and he had no doubt that someone would try to harm him.

So he went as promised. Xu Shuzheng kindly invited him to the secret room in the garden for a talk. When he walked into the garden, the ruthless Xu shot him dead from behind.

"hehe."

Xu Shuzheng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he moved closer step by step.

Behind him, several more fully armed guards trotted over.

"Fei Lan."

Feng Yong swallowed hard and turned his dazed and pleading look over.

"Does the deputy commander also want to shoot Jiang Cheng?"

He held Zhang Tingxue's thin shoulders tightly and took a steady step forward with a calm expression, "I just want to ask if you have the courage."

Xu Shuzheng's face darkened.

After just three seconds of eye contact, Jiang Cheng used his confidence to force back this overreacting guy.

He knew very well that the moment Lu Jianzhang fell to the ground, he had already regretted it.

Killing Lu Jianzhang is useless; instead it will arouse even greater dissatisfaction among the forces he belongs to, which will not be good for the situation.

It would be easy to kill him with one shot, let alone the Marshal, would his father, who has already taken office in Rehe, let him go?
The fragile alliance between the Feng and Wan families will collapse immediately!

It was easy to vent his anger, but he didn't dare to gamble with his master, Lao Duan, and the fate of the entire Anhui clique.

"That's some courage."

Xu Shuzheng lowered his eyebrows and smiled, then raised his hand towards Feng Yong, "Where are the procedures?"

The sudden change in tone startled this usually gentle and refined young man, and he hurriedly took out the document, which was more important than his life, from his pocket.

He silently waved to his inseparable adjutant, who took out a seal and a pen and handed them over.

"Mr. Feng is a good man, a filial son."

When Xu Shuzheng said this, he handed the paper back arrogantly and walked past Jiang Cheng with a sneer on his face.

Behind him, the guards with guns trotted past, and the adjutant left two people behind to quickly clean up the bloodstains with water.

In an instant, peace returned to the corridor, and everything was so quiet that it seemed as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Tingxue hardly spoke the entire time, and her pretty little face was as white as paper.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Jiang Cheng whispered, then looked up at the still trembling Feng Yong and said, "We can't live here anymore!"

"We have to find a car overnight. We have to go to Pingchuan!"

(End of this chapter)