The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

In terms of age, he is indeed much older than Jiang Cheng and others, but although he is known as a "scholar", he actually has only a few years of real military career.

Besides, apart from the young marshal Zhang Hanqing, Jiang Feilan and Xu Shuzheng, who among them hasn't caused him to suffer from shame?
Especially the young commander-in-chief who was not even 4000 years old, had made him lose face repeatedly until now; plus, the arrival of Xu Shuzheng, who had cheated them of million equipment from Qinhuangdao, had increased Wu Peifu's competitive spirit.

It would have taken four days to rush from Luoyang to Shandong at a rapid pace. In an effort to kill two enemies at once, General Yu ordered the entire army to speed up.

If he had entered Shandong territory at a normal speed, probably nothing would have happened before the official "telegram declaration of war";

However, they ran into the person they least wanted to run into.

Guo Songling.

When Zhang Xuecheng advised his brother to "escape" from Jinan, a dangerous place, the Crown Prince of Northeast China mentioned that Maochen was still patrolling around Jinan with his troops.

But what he didn't know was that he was so ambitious that he wanted to lead his troops to guard the pass and kick everyone from Feng Guozhang to Duan Qirui, from Yan Laoxi to Tang San Xiazi in a circle -

He had already taken his more than 100 cavalrymen to patrol the Japanese areas near the coast, and then bypassed Jining and headed straight for the border with Henan.

Thus, this encounter caused by "anxiety for revenge" and "anxiety for achievement" broke out.

This time, Wu Peifu pulled out almost all of his main forces in Luoyang, numbering nearly 4,000 men;
Considering the battle in Shandong, he also brought a large number of artillery... This of course not only affected the marching speed of the entire army, but also made the formation very long.

In contrast, Guo Guizi's patrol force only had about 150 people, all of whom were light cavalry.

In addition to a rifle for each person, long sabers, sharp bayonets, etc. are all suitable for mobile warfare.

In addition, the people were also carefully selected by him... As a result, the disparity in numbers was so great that in the first round of encounter between the two sides, it actually caused considerable damage to Wu Peifu's troops.

Just as the angry Marshal Yu was pulling out his heavy weapons, intending to deal a fatal blow to these cavalrymen who had appeared out of nowhere, Guo Songling unexpectedly took all his men and disappeared into the forest.

The Confucian-looking General Yu was so angry that he almost swore. His deputy came back panting from the front and said, "Master Yu, they all ran away... Do you think they were bandits from Shandong?"

Whenever there is a turbulent time, more and more people turn to banditry. During the Republic of China period, there was a saying:

The bandits in Shandong, the thieves in Shanxi, and the Liuguang Hammers in Henan are used to describe the widespread banditry in the Central Plains.

Wu Peifu sneered: Even if the bandits have this fighting power, have you ever heard of any bandits daring to attack the army?

Seeing his master sneering, the deputy realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately lowered his head without saying a word.

"But this place is still some distance away from Jinan Prefecture. The possibility of us encountering the Fengtian Army... is really too small, right?"

Oh, a kid named Jiang was able to cross the province and lead troops from Jilin to capture Jinan Prefecture. What are the possibilities that his young master will start to conquer other territories in the Central Plains?

He immediately ordered scouts to search for the whereabouts of the escaped cavalry. However, no matter how arrogant and proud Wu Yushuai was, he did not dare to stretch his own front line any further and began to assemble his troops on the spot.

However, just when this unit, which had suffered a loss in the first battle, had learned its lesson, Guo Songling and his cavalry troops made a circle in the depths of the dense forest and actually slipped back.

"Looking at where they came from and the direction they were heading, it's possible that they were shot by Henan."

Guo Guizi, who was always known for his skills and courage, took two personal guards and took advantage of the darkening night to sneak up on Wu Peifu's troops from another direction of the dense forest.

Seeing that they had no intention of moving forward, Guo Songling's face darkened, and he immediately lowered his head to check their weapons and equipment in the increasingly dim light. The guard who came with him suddenly became anxious: "Captain Guo, what are you doing?" He glared back at him and immediately said that he would go up and investigate personally, at least to determine the number and origin of this unit.

The guard was so frightened that he almost jumped up from the ground. He hurriedly tried to persuade them, but this Guizi Guo had never taken the Zhang father and son seriously. How could he listen to such a small soldier?

He immediately jumped out from his hiding place, growled "Don't follow me", and crouched down and moved forward.

The two guards were so anxious that they couldn't sit still. It was not right to chase after him, and it was even more uncomfortable to stay where they were...

"How can this be done?"

The two men, who were in a state of confusion, discussed it and quickly sent their men back to Jinan Prefecture to report the news.

But what they didn't know was that the commander-in-chief, the young marshal who was in the capital, had already fled the day before.

Night fell quietly, and the two shrewd guards spent the longest two hours of their lives.

Just when they could no longer hold back and wanted to rush over to take a look, Guo Songling ran back with firm and quick steps.

"Commander Guo, oh, my Lord Guo! You, you are finally back... Are they okay?"

Before the guard could finish his words, the arrogant commander almost gritted his teeth and said, "Not good, we have to go back to Jinan and prepare for battle!"

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Just as this patrol force of a hundred cavalrymen withdrew to Jinan Prefecture at the fastest speed, Guo Songling was completely stunned.

Although there have been protests in the city recently, it has been generally calm and peaceful.

But now they watched helplessly as rows of dark blue anti-aircraft guns stood in the suburbs—

Outside the city defense, soldiers wearing brand new Fengtian Army uniforms and shiny helmets saluted them.

Guo Songling stared in astonishment at the city of Jinan, which had become almost like a large military camp:
There were camps outside the city, guards stationed inside the city, vehicles and army green tents everywhere; rifles piled up like firewood were emitting cold light, and soldiers were unloading light machine guns and ammunition boxes from baggage carts one by one...

The already dark night was now brightly lit up, as countless temporary laborers were building fortifications with the cooperation of the troops.

"What's going on?"

In a trance, Guo Songling suddenly heard someone calling "Instructor". When he turned around, he saw that it was his former student Huang Yongan.

This guy was known for his cunning and slyness in the past. Now, when he saw me, he stepped forward with a strange smile and saluted: "I've been waiting for you to come back! I heard from the brothers in the city that you took the lead and led the brothers to investigate in person?"

"Hey, can you tell us what information you have?"

Guo Songling's face turned green and he stared at him with a stern expression: Since you're here, that little bastard Jiang Cheng must be here too, right?

Haha, you are planning to take over my place, right?
"What do you mean by talking together? I want to ask you, has Jiang Cheng arrived as well?" (End of this chapter)