The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Guo Songling glanced at Jiang Cheng with admiration, but then retracted his gaze, his eyes and expression becoming arrogant again: "Haha, you are really good at making analogies!"

"Think about it carefully: Xu has followed Old Duan for many years, and he is indeed a wild dog who can only help but be ruthless. But... can Wu Yushuai, the most famous general in the Central Plains, be a wild dog who only knows how to bite people?"

If you talk like that, aren't you arguing with me?

Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled indifferently, throwing the bamboo pole to Han Ming behind him, but he supported his hands on the map in front of him: "Whether it is a dog or a wolf——"

"The current situation in Jinan and Shandong looks like a mess, but the essence remains the same... It all depends on the strength of each party!"

Guo Songling could not refute it.

He had seen how the Jilin army used infantry and tanks to coordinate and defeat the Japanese...To this day, he still wants to replicate Jiang Cheng's glory in that battle.

The young commander used almost all his connections, including Americans, British, etc., and spent money like water.
The cold weapon era of war and iron cavalry was blasted into a page of history by the powerful ships and cannons of the War of the Two Crows.

Let’s look at the present. Whoever has more new firearms and huge financial revenue to support all of this will be able to gradually expand from a local tyrant in a corner to a hegemon!

He stared at Jiang Cheng with a silent look in his eyes, and quickly said, "It doesn't seem appropriate to be an enemy of the entire Beiyang at this time."

Relying on fierce artillery, the little-known Guo Xipeng beat Xu Shuzheng, the favorite general of Duan Qirui, one of the three heroes of the Beiyang government, and made him flee in panic.

The original three-way confrontation in Shandong suddenly became a direct confrontation between Jiang Feilan and Wu Peifu.

"In your eyes, it was me, Jiang Cheng, who slapped his direct subordinates in the face. Will this cause the Beiyang people to retaliate and jump up and down, right?"

Looking back at the other party's complicated expression, Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "But Maochen, have you ever thought about whether the direct confrontation between me and Yu Shuai is as united as Xu Shuzheng's?"

Guo Songling frowned slightly, as if he understood something: "You mean..."

Jiang Cheng's smile deepened. "You know, Xiao Xu has a close relationship with his boss, and this time they are sending troops to Shandong. Even if Old Duan doesn't strongly support it, he at least tacitly agrees."

Guo Songling immediately understood: "I understand... Duan Qirui supports Xu Shuzheng, but Cao Kun may not agree with Wu Peifu's intervention in Shandong."

Just... not necessarily?
Jiang Cheng raised his chin and looked back at Guo Songling with a playful look:
He thought too highly of the relationship between Cao and Wu. Not only did he misjudge the level of trust between the two, he also simply ignored the extent of conflict within Yu Shuai's direct lineage.

This man was deeply grateful to Cao Kun for his recognition and also made great military achievements for the Zhili clique's entry into the capital... He was known as the "number one general" under Cao's command.

But even if he is the "first", he is definitely not the only one.

As Cao Kun's power grew, more and more generals and advisers surrounded him, the Prince of Baoding.

However, Wu Peifu's arrogance caused him to offend a large number of colleagues in the Zhili clique and even in the Beiyang clique.

Jiang Cheng glanced at the other party and said nothing: Even he is more or less clear about it, let alone the conflict with Fengtian this time... Even with Hai Pingchuan's instigation,

Marshal Yu, who was in a high position, rushed to Tianjin in a fit of rage. He looked like he might even fall out with his old master on the spot.

"It is unlikely that Wu Xiucai would have a falling out with Cao Saner... but he is not without conflicts with him, and he is also at odds with many generals and staff members under the Zhili clique."

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and soon showed a shrewd smile again, "Haha, let's beat him... We have to spare no effort; but when we do that, we must not hurt Zhi Xi and Cao San'er."

Now, even though he was called "Guo Guizi" because of his many tricks in fighting, he suddenly looked puzzled: "I don't understand... You said that we should fight with all our strength, but we can't hurt the direct line, what do you mean?" Jiang Cheng laughed and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder: "Maochen, didn't you fight very well today?"

Great fight?

It was just a trick to lure the angry Wu Yushuai away by taking advantage of the time difference;
Then they used their "new weapons" made in Jilin to set fire to Wu's military camp.

Indeed, because the burning speed and intensity of the Ten Thousand Enemies were beyond Guo Songling's imagination;

But the other side almost sent out all the troops from Luoyang, and came to Jinan with 20,000 soldiers to "deal with" this arrogant boy...

"It's just a front-line military camp that was burned down. Even if the casualties were heavy and all the people were burned to death, at most there were only one or two regiments of soldiers..."

"It has almost no impact on his army - wait a minute!"

At this point, Guo Songling seemed to have suddenly come to his senses because of the smirk on Jiang Cheng's face, "You... asked me to burn down the military camp..."

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Cheng continued, "As the saying goes, food and fodder must be sent before troops move. How could our General Yu not understand this principle?"

Guo Songling suddenly recalled the burning smell that kept wafting out of the blazing fire.

The wind carried it for a full two and a half miles. Even after they had evacuated far away, they could still smell the odor.

"you……"

Could it be that he knew this in advance?

After a brief moment of shock, Guo Songling immediately understood: "You actually have spies in the Zhi army?"

Jiang Cheng did not comment - in fact, when he arranged the task, Guo Songling should have thought that someone in the Zhi army had leaked the news:

The man's name was Li Chaoyuan, and he was a staff member under Wu Peifu... He was among those who followed Wu to Tianjin this time.

Under Jiang Cheng's instruction, Hai Pingchuan easily bribed him with some banknotes.

Soon, he provided Wu Peifu with all the information about his marching route, troop divisions, and even the most important supplies such as food and fodder, as well as the transportation routes and stockpiling quantities.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng asked Guo Songling to lead a small force to launch a surprise attack on Wu Peifu.

Because he knew very well the Zhi army's key defense areas and important preparations...even where the important warehouses related to the front army's rations were!
"I'll state it again - he had long since incited public anger within the Zhi army, and he had deep-seated grievances with many of his colleagues."

Jiang Cheng sneered, "Many people are planning to take care of him, and we are just helping them out."

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy. It is not unfair for this Wu to fall into your hands...

While the two were discussing the follow-up situation, Hai Pingchuan had already led the main force and was fighting desperately against Wu Peifu's defensive forces.

In the first round, the Zhi army's counterattack was quite fierce, but it was obvious that as the heavy weapons entered the field later, they became weaker and weaker. (End of this chapter)