The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Seeing that he still looked confused, Jiang Cheng decided to make things clear. After all, for such a stubborn person, keeping him in suspense would only confuse them completely.

"Old Huang has a lot of shady tricks when he fights... As for playing tricks, you are no match for him, right?"

Seeing that he had clearly accepted this point of view, Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "The situation in Shandong cannot be solved by charging into battle; besides, in the next one or two months, Cao Saner's troops will gradually move to the vicinity of Jinan."

Guo Xipeng immediately became alert: "How can I allow others to sleep peacefully beside this couch?"

Jiang Cheng raised his slender index finger and put it into his collar, loosened it slightly and continued to speak seriously: "Of course that's what I said."

"But we beat Wu Ziyu half to a pulp. Plus, this is the first time our Jilin Army has shown its muscle to the Central Plains, so it is bound to attract a lot of attention."

"Our industrialization is not enough. In addition to continuing to introduce advanced foreign technology and equipment, we must not fall out with more people in the Beiyang government—"

"So, it is imperative to allow the Zhi army to enter; but how to deal with the next step, can you, Old Guo, handle it?"

This……

Guo Xipeng was stunned and stared blankly at the scene.

He considered himself to be the second bravest general under the Ji army besides Hai Pingchuan; but he knew very well that in terms of cunning, even if ten of himself were tied together, they would not be a match for the man named Huang.

"Yes--"

Guo Xipeng lowered his head and said, "You are right. We are definitely not as good as Lao Huang."

"But now that you've said that, I understand it all. You're planning to have Old Huang and Pingchuan work together to drive the Zhi army out of Shandong without leaving a trace, right?"

Jiang Cheng nodded: "Yes. But you are only half right... There is another half, as I said just now, Lao Huang and you are one civil and one military——"

"I am sure that each has its uses!"

Guo Xipeng raised his head quickly, his eyes lit up immediately: "Are you... serious?"

Jiang Cheng rubbed his chin and laughed a few times, "When did I ever make such a joke, Master Jiang?"

"Alright, alright, go back and rest first! I told you long ago that there are plenty of opportunities to make achievements."

Guo Xipeng stood up and saluted happily to say goodbye, but Jiang Cheng said one more thing before he left: "And, Lao Guo, if you have any unhappiness in the future, come to me first if you can't figure it out."

"Don't be so careless. You listened to the other party's instigation first... Ha, you didn't even know you were used as a gun by him!"

Guo Xipeng's face turned dark and he quickly and timidly walked out the door.

Jiang Cheng knew it very well. As for Guo Xipeng, no matter how dissatisfied, unhappy, or even jealous he was, he would not run to the special carriage to cause trouble.

What happened today was most likely because someone was picking a fight with him.

Who could it be?
Jiang Cheng sneered and lay back on the sofa, slowly closing his eyes:

After refusing to fight Wu Peifu to death and sending troops to the coastal cities of Shandong, Guo Songling took the remnants of the guard brigade left behind by the young marshal Zhang Hanqing and took the lead in withdrawing from Jinan Prefecture to Shanhaiguan.

But the train car had to wait for several days. By the time this ambitious man had waited for the train from inside the pass, Jiang Cheng had led the Jilin Army to Shanhaiguan.

At this time, the mighty military train was undoubtedly coming to pick up Uncle Jiang. Guo Songling's troops were told to avoid the peak and wait at least another week. Guo Songling was so angry that he almost got into a fight with the Japanese devils.

However, the "magnanimous" General Jiang made a temporary decision to allow some of his guards to board the car, and Guo Songling and the "Central Army" in Fengtian also boarded the car first.

Jiang Cheng even gave a reason with confidence, saying that he could ask the brother troops to go, but he had to rush to the provincial capital to see the commander, and this matter could not be delayed.

How could Guo Songling listen to him? He angrily led his men to rush to the car, shocking the Japanese railway guards who came to meet him. They stared at him and kept scolding him for being reckless barbarians and having no manners.

In fact, this was just a small episode, but Jiang Cheng came to his senses - today's incident must have been caused by Guo Guizi instigating the resentful Guo Xipeng, planning to cause trouble after returning to Jilin.

"How could he have imagined that our Lao Guo is a stickler for explosives, and he will explode at the slightest touch."

Jiang Cheng squinted his eyes, laughed softly, and soon fell asleep tiredly.

Two days later, the entire army arrived at the provincial capital of Fengtian. In addition to the young marshal and his wife, Feng Yong also arrived early in the morning to greet them.

In addition to the younger generation, Sun Liechen also arrived——

Seeing Jiang Cheng walking down the ladder with his military cap pressed down and surrounded by guards, he was the first to quickly walk over to him: "Hey! Feilan, long time no see——"

"Haha, I heard that you and your brothers won another victory in Shandong, beating Wu Peifu and Xu Shuzheng one after another. I was really encouraged by hearing that, kid!"

As he spoke, he patted his shoulder hard, causing Jiang Cheng to grimace in pain. He quickly pulled away and forced a smile, "Hey, Uncle Six, what are you doing?"

"I wasn't injured in Shandong, but I just got off the car and got a non-combat casualty. It's really unfair!"

Sun Liechen laughed a few times, saying that it was not so mysterious. However, Jiang Cheng looked at Zhang Hanqing and was not so happy. He rolled his eyes and continued to laugh: "Look at your body, it is much stronger than before."

"Those with sufficient internal energy are much stronger than us youngsters."

Sun Liechen nodded and smiled, repeatedly praising his medicine for its effectiveness, saying that he had taken it for a whole winter and his asthma had not recurred.
In addition, the Bai family also provided him with some ginseng slices to drink, and he has not been sick since the beginning of spring... Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel relieved. If Sun Liechen took good care of his body, he would definitely not die early.

If he lived a few more years, the Japanese would have had a lot of trouble with this old general's ability to fight.

While the two were exchanging greetings, Guo Songling also got out of the car.

But when they looked at each other, Zhang Hanqing and they nodded as if to greet each other, but neither of their expressions looked very good.

Jiang Cheng knew that Guo was unhappy because Zhang Xuecheng secretly "transported" his brother away.

Especially since the battle situation always favored Jiang Cheng, and they finally took back Jinan, Guo Songling was almost mad... He probably had already attributed all the problems to the young marshal who "escaped early".

"Mao Chen, are you back?"

On the contrary, Yu Fengzhi was very open and gentle as she welcomed them all out of the station.

At this time, the Marshal's residence had already prepared a welcoming banquet. The battle in Shandong was fought beautifully, especially forcing the capital to make concessions and designate Shandong as the Fengtian clique's sphere of influence, which made the Marshal very happy.

Even though he has always shown little interest in the Central Plains, if he really has the opportunity to get involved, he will certainly not let it go. (End of this chapter)