The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Now, they are talking about eliminating the disaster of war!
"Jiang, you are such a jerk, what a righteous man you are talking about - my brothers in the Zhi army suffered heavy casualties, you..."

His bullish roar was stopped by Ji Yunfan: "Commander Qi, according to what you said before... it is because your brothers suffered heavy casualties that you don't want to fight with the other parties again!"

"If your previous words were meant to deceive Ji, wouldn't that make you a two-faced villain?"

Isn’t the so-called double-dealing the basic operation of these warlords?
Judging from this attitude, it is obvious that the man surnamed Qi took the initiative to approach the Song family, intending to use the Song family's status and connections to reach some kind of agreement with them.

If you think about it carefully, if Qi Xieyuan's purpose was really to murder me, why would he do it in Du Mansion?

No matter how despicable Du Yuesheng was in his eyes, he was still a top figure in the underworld... If he wanted to dominate Shanghai in the future, he would have to rely on these people in the dark alleys to support him.

If there was a fight with the Fengtian Army at Du Mansion, this feud would be created in the future.

Therefore, this person and his men pretended to be fierce. I guess they had no more cards to play. They just wanted to control the situation and then negotiate more conditions with me.

After a long sigh, Jiang Cheng looked at Feng Yong beside him, then looked at Ji Yunfan and said, "Miss Song and I both have some thoughts. We think Shanghai is a peaceful paradise... When the war breaks out in the city, it is inevitable that there will be casualties."

"We are all Chinese people, so why should we fight against each other? I think that since Chief Qi is sitting here, he must agree with what we say, right?"

His words were much milder, but combined with the fierce soldiers around him, they clearly meant "If you want to negotiate, then we will. If you don't want to, we will kill you."

He understood that this heroic young general said this to save face for himself. Qi Xieyuan was also very clear that if he did not cooperate at this time, he would probably end up in a miserable situation.

Swallowing heavily, he looked back at Jiang Cheng with a more moving look in his eyes: "Commander Jiang, Qi... is also thinking that the people are indeed innocent;"

"Just now, just now I was suddenly filled with anger and couldn't help but suddenly think of the brothers who sacrificed their lives. That's right, that's right... Heh, Master Jiang, please forgive me for the past."

Haha, he really knows how to adapt to the times. He is indeed not much different from the historical figure.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this Qi became the head of the puppet army in North China. He kept carrying out the so-called "security strengthening", pointed his gun at his own compatriots, and became a traitor, killing many patriotic patriots.

In this situation where he is completely crushed, if you give him a little way out, he will naturally surrender given his character.

"In fact, fighting was never Qi's intention - my Lord Cao and General Yu have always taken it as their responsibility to unify the world;"

Qi Xieyuan made up his mind and immediately changed his words, "It was also because the two officers Lu and He had different political views in front of the commander-in-chief... In short, it was also a soldier's duty, and Qi was just obeying."

The conversation was rambling, but the main point was always about passing the buck. Then the old man kept saying that he was also being marginalized in the Zhi army, otherwise why would he come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to take the lead.

After all, he still felt sorry for the loss of his little capital at the hands of Jiang Cheng - but he was afraid that he would never get this debt back from the fierce Iron Army, so he began to blame Wu Peifu.

Sometimes they said that he listened to the slander of villains, and sometimes they said that he always excluded his colleagues in the Beiyang government and offended them time and time again - in a word, I came to fight because I was forced to do so. If you have any grudges, go and blame Wu, don't look for me!
Once we understand what this guy is thinking, it will be much easier to proceed with the negotiations.

姜诚不好直接开口，而油滑的卢永祥马上表示，他们也不想打仗——也全是那吴佩孚，非得搞什么武力统一，揍得他们同僚臧志平和杨化昭满地找牙，逃出福建来投奔了他们。而聪颖的美龄此时也是理清了关系，先是表示今天借着杜先生的宝地，与各位将军会面，若是派系之争，总也是有坐下来谈的余地；
He also praised Qi Xieyuan's "big picture view", praised him for being righteous for the people, asked him to bring his opinions to the meeting, and said that everything could be negotiated with the Zhi army, etc.

Qi Xieyuan was of course very grateful and said on the spot that he would go back to see Yu Shuai to convey everyone's wishes to him. He also said that the conflicts in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were easy to negotiate and he would bring back Yu Shuai's opinions in a few days.

"You can see, this guy can't represent anyone - he's coming, and probably even Wu Peifu doesn't know about it."

Just as Du Yuesheng was sending this guy out, Jiang Cheng slowly took out a cigarette from his inner pocket, "He came to you, obviously just to get away."

Meiling was shocked, but the astute Ji Yunfan had already figured it out: "Yes - I originally thought that the Wu army was not taking any action at this time, most likely because they sent him to negotiate terms."

"But after several attempts, he said he wanted to meet General Jiang. You mentioned it again... I, I was also fooled by him."

After he finished speaking, He Fenglin slammed the table and said, "Who wants to talk to them! I think it's just like what the Northern Expedition Army said, we can just fight and drive them all the way back to Zhili. What's there to talk about?"

Seeing Lu Yongxiang smiling awkwardly because of his colleague's rudeness, Jiang Cheng took two puffs of his cigarette lazily: "Well, why don't you go, Chief He?"

He was suddenly speechless, turned his eyes away and stopped talking.

I don't want to fight, I just don't want to waste too much time on this matter -

Moreover, the war in Shandong is escalating. I have to rush back to rescue my brothers before the Marshal enters the pass. Do you really think I'm afraid of them?
"But...it seems like nothing was accomplished today, so I feel like it was not a wasted trip."

Jiang Cheng suddenly showed a sly smile to Lu He and the others, "You two, are you willing to cooperate with me, Jiang Feilan, and put on a good show?"

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After leaving the Du Mansion, Jiang Cheng, accompanied by Feng Yong, personally sent Meiling back to the Song family.

As soon as she entered the door, Mrs. Song hurried down from the western-style building, looking anxious and said, "My daughter! You scared me to death. I heard that there were gunshots at the Du Mansion... I'm glad you're okay!"

As he spoke, he looked her up and down before he confidently held her in his arms, intending to take her back upstairs.

"Mother, this is General Jiang of the Fengtian Army - Han Qing, whom I mentioned to you before, is also General Jiang."

Before she could finish her words, the mother interrupted her impatiently: "I've told you long ago that it's better for girls to stay out of the spotlight! From now on, don't, don't go to social gatherings here or there!"

After saying this, Mrs. Song thanked Jiang Cheng, but it was obvious that she did not want to keep him as a guest.

Feng Yong couldn't help but frown, but Jiang Cheng showed a very good temper, said a few polite words, and then turned around and left the Song family. (End of this chapter)