The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Faced with this kind of counter-attack, the people in Beijing were all beating their chests and stamping their feet -

But unlike Jiang Cheng, every one of these old guys was afraid of the Japanese;

In addition, the shadow of the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance was still in the minds of these old-school warlords. They were terrified that the foreign powers would attack the capital again, so they simply attributed all their anger and the causes of the Shandong conflict to Wu Peifu.

Before Jiang Cheng could gather his troops for battle, Wu Peifu himself was consumed by food shortages, Japanese counterattacks, and abuse from the capital and Tianjin.

"What a bunch of fence-sitters!"

For ten consecutive days, there was no good news from his side. Coupled with the increasingly urgent situation, Wu Peifu realized that the war had gradually deviated from its focus.

He wanted to take advantage of Shandong's favorable conditions to rise to the top and become the leader of the Zhi army, but he found that he was still far from being ready.

Whether it was the situation at home and abroad, the people's hearts inside the Great Wall, or even the war against the Jilin army, all were not in his favor.

"Master Yu, this battle...is still, still..."

Faced with the anxiety of his subordinates, Wu Peifu, who was in the central army tent, turned completely black in the face.

Unable to even convince his own people, he suddenly realized that the goddess of victory didn't seem to intend to favor him at all.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared outside the tent. Occasionally, he could see that the soldiers passing by also had gloomy expressions... Not to mention whether they had a desire for victory, they were probably even losing hope of returning to Luoyang alive.

The fist was clenched.

"Master Yu, victory and defeat are common in the military, so it is better to keep the green mountains..."

Before his men could finish their words, he suddenly growled, "Pass on my order, assemble the entire army!"

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Hai Pingchuan and others were surprised when they heard that the entire Zhi army had chosen to gather and began to attack Jinan in large numbers, but Jiang Cheng smiled calmly: "There's nothing to say, it's all within expectations."

Guo Songling also said, "Yes. He rushed from Luoyang with 20,000 troops, which was a huge force. If he retreated without a decisive battle, it would be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the Zhi army in the future."

Jiang Cheng glanced at him and gave him a knowing smile.

Apart from Jiang Dengxuan and Sun Zhengnan, the generals under him are mainly young people from the Military Academy.

A group of young men under the age of twenty, in terms of scheming and political tactics... they are naturally inferior to Guo Guizi.

They will grow up, and in a few years, every one of them will be better than you.

Jiang Cheng retracted his gaze and looked around at his subordinates in the headquarters, but first asked coldly: "Where is Duan Zhigui? Today's meeting is about him, why didn't he come to attend?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Although Duan Zhigui was the nominal ruler of Jinan, after he was appointed by the capital, he had no chance to exercise any power before Zhang Hanqing and Guo Songling took over his position.

Later, the second prince "tricked" his brother away. Duan Zhigui, who felt that he had been freed, was planning to take advantage of this "gap period" to start making a fortune in the vicinity of Jinan. Unexpectedly, he encountered a drought.
Then his supporter and son-in-law, General Jiang, arrived.

However, this time, the governor not only brought a lot of soldiers, but also brought planes and cannons, making a menacing display.

Duan Zhigui saw this situation and knew that he was probably out of business again... He watched a few meetings and found that Jiang Cheng had no intention of sending him out. He lied that his old injury had relapsed and simply stayed at home. When Li Shitou came to his house, the old man was leaning on the kang in the inner room, holding his almost naked concubine in one hand and holding a pipe in the other, enjoying himself.

The furious Li Shitou didn't care who his daughter was to Jiang Cheng. When he smelled the opium paste, he kicked the door open and smashed the oil lamp and the pipe.

"Damn it, Lord Jiang has already issued an order to ban smoking...How dare you, as an officer under the Lord, take the lead?!"

When the door was kicked open, the frightened Duan Zhigui subconsciously took out his pistol from under the small table and aimed...

But it’s fine that this unlucky guy was dizzy from smoking opium, but who is he, Li Shitou?
How could I be afraid of him? I slapped him twice in the face and he came to his senses and begged for mercy.

He was ordered by Jiang Cheng to come here today to call Duan Zhigui to attend the meeting. It can be seen that he immediately thought of the brothers who died in the attack by the tobacco dealers;

In addition, since his master was repeatedly attacked by them, Li Shitou poured all his anger directly onto the concubine.

He pulled out his pistol and shot it on the head. The disheveled Duan Zhigui was only inches away from his beautiful girl. The exploded head looked like a rotten watermelon, and it blew all over his body and face.

The flying flesh and blood, the brain matter, and the fishy warmth instantly made Duan Zhigui collapse to the ground.

"What a fucking piece of shit."

Li Shitou glanced at him with disdain, then looked up and ordered his men to drag the man out, all the way from the main street of Jinan Prefecture to the government hall and threw him in front of Jiang Cheng.

"What's going on?"

Seeing the disheveled state of the old fellow, Jiang Cheng, the supreme commander, looked at Li Shitou in confusion, then looked at the commander of his own guard brigade, and then looked at the unfortunate fellow with dishevelled clothes, red eyes and haggard appearance, and immediately guessed what was going on.

"Master Jiang, please don't complain too much. What can a useless bastard like him do?"

Glancing at him sideways, Jiang Cheng waved his hand to let him leave, then calmly asked Han Ming to get him a military uniform, and then slowly began to assign tasks.

At this time, Duan Zhigui was dressing himself tremblingly. When he heard Jiang Cheng asking him to lead the troops as a vanguard general, he was so scared that his legs went weak and he almost knelt down to Jiang Cheng.

"Master Jiang, Master Jiang, what are you doing?"

Duan Zhigui's face was full of complaints, and even a bit of begging for mercy, "If you really want to kill me, just say it directly, there is no need to..."

Jiang Cheng interrupted him impatiently: "Bullshit, who wants to kill you?"

"Master Jiang, I'm not kidding you! This time against Wu Peifu, you will be the vanguard!"

Except for Guo Songling, it is hard to describe the situation of several generals in the entire command center.

My goodness, Hai Pingchuan, Guo Xipeng, Huang Yongan on the front line, and even Li Shitou from the Guard Brigade are better than this old bastard!

Just when everyone was puzzled, the soldier who went to investigate came back:
Because of the victory in two battles, the camps of Hai Pingchuan and Guo Xipeng's troops extended more than 40 miles from the suburbs of Jinan to outside the city.

The patrols on the outer positions have discovered that the nearby Zhi troops are approaching.

"Okay, stop dithering. It's time for you, the vanguard, to go out!"

Jiang Cheng gave a wicked laugh and raised his hand to punch him on the shoulder, "What do you mean by standing here without making any noise? Are you waiting for me to give you a farewell ceremony?" (End of this chapter)