The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

The Marshal stopped talking.

To be honest, after the second Zhi-Feng defeat of Cao Saner and Wu Xiucai, he felt somewhat complacent.

I always feel that I am invincible. It is time to strive for the supreme position in the capital.

That's why he mobilized the two strongest armies in the Northeast, intending to go south to conquer those who refused to obey...

But Guo Guizi's rebellion really gave him a loud slap in the face.

The seemingly unbreakable Shanhaiguan is actually thinner than a piece of rice paper and can be broken with just a touch.

As for the old brothers from all walks of life, none of them can be relied upon at the critical moment. The fighting has started on the front lines... and in the meeting in the rear, no one dares to fight back except for cursing.

It was just as his daughter said, if it weren't for that brat, he might have really been in trouble.

"Hey."

He heaved a long sigh, as if the Marshal had suddenly been enlightened by his daughter.

Could it be that all these problems actually stem from Yang Yuting?
Yes, the Japanese said that Jiang Feilan was rebellious. Isn't this because they wanted to take advantage of the chaos caused by Guo Songling, when the strength of the Northeast has been greatly weakened, to provoke another civil war...so that they can continue to fish in troubled waters?
But what is Yang Yuting's purpose?
It was not until this point that the Marshal finally came to his senses and realized that the problem was not as simple as it seemed.

Suddenly, he shuddered for no reason. The old fox suddenly thought of the little tricks that Yang and his old classmate Xu Shuzheng had played in the past.

Could it be that it was him?
The Marshal became more and more uneasy.

But in front of his own daughter, the Marshal did not show too much, but put on a gentle smile:

"Oh, come on, come on, we've been talking for a while, but you still haven't taken your kids to the Shenhai Market for a good stroll, have you?"

"The New Year is coming soon, go meet up with your sisters and buy some New Year's goods - the bill will all be on Dad!"

Zhang Shoufang didn't notice these psychological changes in his father. He was just glad that he had finally eaten "free meals" at the Jiang family for those years. He was finally able to help him and avoid a war. It was a great merit.

"We don't spend Dad's money... You don't know, I'm in Jilin now, running a factory with Tingshu's third brother-in-law, and every year, I make this much money!"

As he said this, he gestured the number "three" to his father with a smile on his face, then hugged the Marshal's arm affectionately, "From now on, not only will I no longer need you to support me, but I can also show my filial piety to you from time to time--"

"This time, I've got you a foreign gadget imported from England... It's really interesting. At every hour, a small door opens and a pair of different little people come out to dance and tell the time."

The Marshal was thinking about something. While thinking about it, he smiled and sent his daughter out: "Hey, talking about this, I want to scold you, girl——"

"It's been a while since I last saw you. You gave your father a clock as a present. That's really too bad!"

Zhang Shoufang took the child out and said with a smile: "That's a Western thing. Westerners don't talk about this..."

After sending his daughter and granddaughter out, the Marshal immediately turned around and walked towards the phone. His trusted subordinates immediately brought Wang Yongjiang to see him.

As the saying goes, something happens unexpectedly. Miss Zhang Shoufang originally wanted to speak up for Jiang Cheng, but unexpectedly she diverted the Marshal's attention to Yang Yuting.

In fact, it was not until now that the Marshal truly realized that the person he should be most wary of might be Yang Yuting. Just as the Marshal was meeting his most trusted civilian official, Zhang Hanqing led the troops of Beidaying and had already surrounded Guo Songling's troops with Jiang Lanxuan who rushed from Rehe.

At this time, Guo's troops had been besieged and pursued by the Kwantung Army for several days. In addition, Hai Pingchuan successively captured Luanzhou and Shanhaiguan, chasing the rebels all the way and completely cutting off Guo Songling's supply.
The anti-Feng rebels were now almost out of ammunition and food, and the soldiers had been starving in the ice and snow for at least two days.

In addition, they were internal soldiers of the Fengtian Army. Jiang Lanxuan asked Zhang Hanqing to hold a tin loudspeaker and shout to these remnants, saying that they were the ones who led the rebellion, and you were just soldiers who obeyed the orders of your superiors.
As long as they are willing to lay down their weapons and surrender, they will not be held accountable for the crime of rebellion.

So many soldiers, even low-level officers, took their brothers and ran away as soon as it got dark.

As more and more people deserted, Guo Songling was facing a real ambush from all sides.

He tried to break out with the remaining troops, but happened to meet Huang Yongan's troops who were escorting Li Jinglin back to Fengtian.

This former student did not give Instructor Guo any face at all. He chased him on horseback for a whole night and captured him and more than a dozen guards alive.

His wife Han Shuxiu was also caught two days later when she tried to escape from her apartment in Tianjin.

That night, the couple was escorted to Jinzhou, but Huang Yongan received an order signed by the Marshal himself, ordering his confidants to shoot them that night.

Although Huang Yongan accepted the order, he was still a little nervous.

Because when he captured the couple, the young marshal sent Wu Dongyun to find him and asked him to take good care of them and pay special attention to their safety.

However, the father and son gave conflicting orders, and as a subordinate of the Fengtian Army, Huang Yongan could only obey the orders of the Marshal.

At 12 o'clock in the evening on December 25 of that year, Huang Yongan ordered his subordinate Gao Jinshan to escort Guo Songling and his wife out of the city and shoot them.

Before his execution, this fierce general, known as "Guo Guizi", remained calm and even shouted slogans: "I advocate justice, and I am doomed to die if I cannot defeat the enemy. My colleagues in the future, please follow this bloody path and come."

Han Shuxiu also spoke impassionedly, and even yelled at Gao Jinshan to kill her first.

After the couple were executed one after another, the Marshal ordered that their bodies be left exposed on the bank of a small river outside Jinzhou City for three days before they could be buried.

When the young marshal heard the news, he was almost struck by lightning - he was on his way back at that time, and because the number of his troops was too large, they were definitely one day slower than Huang Yongan and others who were lightly equipped.

But it didn't matter that he was delayed for a moment, as he was actually "taken advantage of".

Just as Huang Yongan thought, the young marshal secretly ordered him to take good care of the two of them in order to save their lives.

But Yang Yuting had thought of all this in advance... So after receiving the news that Huang Yongan had successfully arrested the two, he advised the Marshal to execute the Guo couple as soon as possible to avoid any further complications.

The Marshal knew clearly in his heart that the "long night brings many dreams" he was talking about was probably referring to his troublesome son.

He knew his character best: from childhood to adulthood, he always valued loyalty and treated his brothers with sincerity.

Even when the rebellion had caused great trouble, he still tried to persuade Guo Songling to change his mind.
Moreover, when the Kwantung Army besieged Lianshan, he asked Feng Yong to send out two planes to drop leaflets persuading the city to surrender.

If we really send Mr. and Mrs. Guo back to Fengtian, they might be rescued by their son on the way and sent abroad directly! (End of this chapter)