The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

As the supreme commander let out a shrill roar, the teacup was suddenly thrown far away.

It hit the marble floor heavily and shattered into pieces... In the extremely quiet environment, it sounded extremely harsh.

But who is the young commander? He didn't take his father's words seriously at all, and even sneered, without even saying goodbye, and turned around and left.

The Marshal was so angry at his own son's behavior that he almost jumped up from his seat. He ran around the room, glaring at the guards who had run in because of the sound of the cup breaking, and kept cursing:
"What a bastard! He's grown so powerful that he dares to talk back to me... Damn it! I should have listened to them and gotten rid of that trouble long ago!"

Thinking of this, the Marshal yelled at Zhao Xishun angrily, "Go, quickly call Yang Yuting over here. I, I want to kill that Guo devil!"

Even though he had suffered a serious setback inside the pass before, he had never seen his master get so angry. This loyal guard who had followed the Marshal for almost twenty years was frightened. He quickly knocked his boots to salute and trotted out in a panic.

However, before he left, he heard a plaintive roar from the study: "Enemy! We were enemies in our previous life, and father and son in this life!"

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Almost the day after the contract was signed, Feng's attitude towards the Fengtian Army became even tougher, forcing them to withdraw from the transferred defense zone within two days.

But no matter what, it takes time for the troops to retreat... Just when the commanders led their brothers to break camp and had not yet completely withdrawn, Feng Jun deliberately provoked trouble, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.

Originally, the Marshal planned to use Feng to unify the country, but Feng's duplicity made the King outside the Great Wall very angry, and he planned to deal with Feng first and then go south.

However, the Fengtian Army was divided into two camps, those who advocated war and those who advocated peace. The camp advocated war, led by Yang Yuting, and was in agreement with the Marshal.
However, he was attacked by the peace faction headed by Zhang Hanqing and Guo Guizi as "intending to take credit", and they advocated giving up some interests and cooperating with Feng Xian in order to calm the conflict and make it easier to move south.

The Marshal had always been on top of Feng for the sake of his son, and this time he was willing to give up some defense areas because of this.

However, the other party's actions completely angered the Marshal. In addition, his son and he had a big fight because of Guo Guizi, so he called Yang Yuting to deal with these two things at the same time.

It was Guo Guizi who advocated peace, and it was he who instigated the relationship between them as father and son!
It’s fine if you’re stirring up trouble in the Northeast, but at least you’ve won many battles with my son, otherwise how could I have tolerated you until now?
He immediately turned hostile and asked his little Zhuge to deal with Guo and Li Jinglin, who also advocated peace:

Li was asked to expel Feng Yuxiang immediately to atone for his crime, and Guo and his son's troops were urgently transferred to Luanzhou, while Guo Songling was ordered to return to Fengtian immediately.

"Marshal, don't rush this matter!"

After hearing what his boss said, Yang Yuting shuddered for a moment and quickly advised, "Li Jinglin's troops are now near Luanzhou, and the corps was transferred to the vicinity of Shanhaiguan half a month ago."

"Isn't this order from you equivalent to sending them back to one place? If they are really forced to rebel, then..."

How could the furious Marshal listen to him?

He also has his considerations:

This Guo Guizi is determined to rebel against him, but the same may not be true for Li Jinglin.

If we give some benefits to Mr. Li at this time, he is likely to turn against us and start fighting with Mr. Guo.

By then it would be like killing two birds with one stone, getting rid of both evils!
"Master Shuai, we really can't do this..." Yang Yuting was a little overwhelmed. With his cleverness, how could he not guess what the other party meant?
But he knew in his heart that Guo and Li must have reached some kind of agreement with Feng Yuxiang, or at least had been in secret contact for a long time.

No matter how many benefits are given to them, it is unlikely that they will start an internal conflict at this time... On the contrary, it is possible that a single order will provoke both Guo and Li to rebel on the spot.

However, seeing that his boss was so angry that he looked like he wanted to kill someone, Yang Yuting didn't dare to say anything else. He saluted quickly and turned around and trotted out.

When the order issued that day reached Guo Songling, it immediately became "adding fuel to the fire" as Yang Yuting had guessed.

Being a resourceful man, he immediately thought that the secret agreement he had made with Feng had most likely been discovered and reported by the Marshal's spies.

Summoning me back to Fengtian at this time must be done with bad intentions... If I really obey the order, I will most likely be in great danger, and even Zhang Hanqing may not protect me.

He immediately crumpled up the telegram paper and threw it into the brazier. Guo Songling immediately made up his mind to take action in advance.

Late that night, Lao Guo sent a telegram to the entire Beiyang as a signal to fire the first shot against Feng.

He called this telegram "nurturing the power", which meant to let Old Zhang, who was surrounded by villains, step down and let Young Zhang, who was receptive to new ideas and had all kinds of abilities and talents, take over the areas outside the Great Wall.

To this end, Guo also invited a famous "penman" from the capital, making a grand event with a bit of the meaning of "clearing the emperor's side".

Feng Yuxiang also responded immediately and issued a telegram according to the old rules, listing several crimes of Zhang and forcing him to step down.

At the same time, Feng led his troops out of Xifengkou in the name of supporting Guo and headed straight for Chahar and Rehe.

Because Jiang Cheng knew about this in advance, he reminded his father and Ji Jinchun of Chahar several days ago to be prepared... So even though Feng's troops attacked fiercely, they were able to resist.

On the other hand, after receiving the telegram, Li Jinglin chose to remain in place.

This old fellow has the nickname "Sword Immortal". He is highly skilled in martial arts and has good command of troops...but he has always been a fence-sitter and relied on his fellow villagers to climb into the Fengtian Army.

Unlike Feng Yuxiang, a political enemy, and Lao Guo, who was valued by the young marshal and promoted like a rocket, Li Jinglin had a very difficult journey.

Moreover, the biggest difference between him and Guo Songling was that, relying on his military achievements, he had been recognized by the Zhang family and had been appointed as the governor of Zhili, becoming a senior military officer with his own territory.

He certainly didn't want to completely fall out with Lao Zhang, so after receiving the telegram from the General Staff Headquarters, he stared at the contents of the telegram and fell into deep thought.

After all, with his position and territory, Li Jinglin certainly didn't want to fall out with Lao Zhang... If he succeeded, his territory wouldn't be bigger, and during the time he spent with Guo Songling, he also knew very well what kind of person he was;
And if I followed Lao Zhang and comfortably served as a military governor in Zhili, wouldn't it be...

Just as he was feeling anxious, the second telegram arrived.

It was sent by Jiang Cheng.

Unlike everyone involved in this incident, this Jilin governor knew everything that happened and everyone's thoughts and actions. (End of this chapter)