The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

In Beijing, the birthplace of the protest, the atmosphere is particularly intense.

In the early spring and early summer of this May, excited college and high school students gathered in squares, streets and every possible gathering place...

They held up patriotic banners expressing various strong dissatisfactions and shouted slogans, expressing their strong dissatisfaction with the bullying of the great powers.

This event was later called the "May Wind"... It swept across China quickly and violently like a flood or a beast.

Ideals, struggles, and even passion are quietly changing the fate of the Republic of China as it gradually declines.

Wu Yushuai, who had just arrived in Tianjin, was involved in this activity.

The bright and young faces were filled with determination and anger. They held up slogans and waved small flags, and their roars were almost deafening.

This general, who was used to big scenes, was shocked by this spontaneous big scene for the first time...

Especially when I heard that this event was at the center of public attention, it quickly attracted a nationwide response after it broke out.

From the capital to Shanghai, from students to workers, from intellectuals to ordinary people, people took to the streets, held rallies, marches, and went on strike, forming an unprecedented social force that challenged the corrupt Beiyang government and foreign invaders.

However, as a defender of the old system, in Yu Shuai's eyes, this so-called patriotic movement is actually no different from rebellion.

Students should study hard, workers and farmers should just work and farm, the country is governed by officials, and land should be fought for by the army... Why are they causing trouble?

But he knew deep down that no matter how violent the commotion these students and workers made, it would not cause any big waves.

They rushed to Cao's mansion without stopping. Wu Peifu had not yet figured out how to report the situation to his superior, but a large number of Zhi army staff members hurriedly filed in through the gate.

When these people saw Wu Peifu was there, they looked at each other in confusion, as if asking, "Why is he here?"
Just when Marshal Yu was beginning to feel a little suspicious, Cao Kun was sending several aides downstairs.

He was still muttering something to himself, saying that in order to avoid any changes, one must be cautious, especially when mobilizing troops.

However, when the group met Wu Peifu's gaze, everyone... including Cao Kun, became extremely uncomfortable.

"Dad, I've thought about this carefully, and I still have to keep it a secret from Yu Shuaihe,"

Just when the situation became a little delicate, Hai Pingchuan's gruff voice, accompanied by the crisp sound of leather boots stepping on the marble stairs, came directly over this speechless person.

Wu Peifu's eyes were wide open as he stared at his coach, whose expression was becoming increasingly embarrassed.

"Zi Yu, why are you here? Hehe... There is some urgent military affairs in Tianjin. Yes,"

But before the commander could finish his words, Wu Peifu, with a red face, turned and left.

He originally wanted to meet his superior to discuss the trouble he had gotten into in the Northeast - but he didn't expect to see and hear these things when he came to the mansion!
No matter what they are trying to hide from me, they are planning to exclude me anyway... What loyalty am I supposed to show to them?
Go back to Luoyang, I'm going back to Luoyang now!
With his big body, he rushed out from the group of staff in a rage and almost knocked down an officer who was unable to stand.

Cao Kun was a little scared, but he was more upset with Hai Pingchuan: "Pingchuan! You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Unlike Wu Peifu, who was born a scholar, Cao Kun, who was born a cloth merchant, did not have much knowledge.

He turned around and started scolding his son-in-law, but since he had seen a lot of big scenes with Jiang Cheng, Hai Pingchuan also became more shrewd.

On the one hand, he pretended to be helpless and smiled, but he thought to himself: It's not a big deal, I did it on purpose, but I really didn't expect Wu Peifu to go to Tianjin so quickly!
If I had known this earlier, I should have used this method of sowing discord earlier.

Facing his son-in-law's explanation, he could not explain it, and could only smile bitterly and shake his head, asking his adjutant to chase his trusted general. From then on, the rift between the two was born - of course, the reason why Jiang Cheng sent his favorite general to Cao's mansion to "think of this crooked idea" was because he was familiar with history and knew very well:
Even if he hadn't instigated it, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu would have fallen sooner or later and split into the Luoyang faction and the Baoding faction.

And now, he is just helping to catalyze the process.

In fact, Cao Kun invited his subordinates here today to discuss two things that had nothing to do with Wu Peifu.

First, it was undoubtedly to suppress the riots caused by the student movement in Tianjin;
The other one is about Feng Guozhang.

Since the beginning of the year, his health has been getting worse day by day...It is said that the Feng family has begun preparing for his funeral.

Now, the first issue that needs to be resolved within the Zhi army is the selection of the successor to the commander-in-chief.

Now, the only ones who could possibly compete for the position are the big warlords within the Zhi army.

Of course Cao Kun would feel guilty, so he would inevitably summon his confidants.

But he did not tell his favorite general Wu Ziyu that it was more or less related to the conspiracy between Jiang Chenghai and Pingchuan to sow discord.

Jiang Cheng, who currently has no intention of entering the pass, doesn't care about who will be the commander-in-chief... Hai Pingchuan successfully alienated the two of them, which is what Jiang Cheng wanted.

Once the chaos happened, Wu Ziyu, who had bad ideas, no longer had the heart to attack the Northeast.

Those of his subordinates who died also died in vain; because of the testimony of the "living persons" who were sent to Cao's mansion, this warlord who was born as a cloth merchant had no choice but to accept the defeat and pay a compensation of 50,000 silver dollars.

Moreover, he sent Jiang Cheng a lengthy letter of apology.

Jiang Cheng took the money and threw it into the trash can without even reading the letter.

In addition to the immigration arrangements, protests have also broken out in the Northeast recently.

Especially in Jilin, the intensity of the movement was no less intense than that in the interior.

If you think about it carefully...

Since Jiang Cheng took charge of Jilin, he has opened schools for all levels of society: the so-called people's wisdom has been awakened, and coupled with the years of suffering in the Northeast, they naturally feel more empathy for Shandong's national destruction.

In Jilin Prefecture, a large number of students took to the streets and went to the gate of the Governor's Mansion to shout protests, and demanded that Jiang Cheng suggest to the Beiyang government to send troops to Shandong, etc.

"It's getting to this point, sir...should we send the students back to class?"

Li Shitou suggested softly.

Huang Yongan is not in the capital at the moment, and public security issues are currently under the charge of Li Shitou.

He looked out the window at the increasingly angry young people and added, "But the Shandong incident is really infuriating!"

To be honest, Jiang Cheng was also annoyed.

When learning about this humiliating history in the 21st century, Jiang Cheng was just like the angry students outside the window, full of passion, and he also wanted to kill all these bastard invaders. (End of this chapter)