Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Although Su Zhengyang also wanted to meet with Guo Qicheng, he was not a fool. He might agree to this condition under the condition that his own safety was guaranteed. Otherwise, he might as well charge into the city and let Guo Qicheng look up to him as a prisoner.

Soon, the Guo faction responded that as long as Su Zhengyang was willing to see Guo Qicheng for the last time, the Guo faction would agree to the demands of the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

It can be said that once the city gates were opened and the guard division was allowed into the city, the Guo faction would have basically been declared completely destroyed, and the only thing missing was the procedure of surrendering and stepping down.

This is also the last bit of dignity Guo Qicheng left for himself.

Five days later, an officer's command vehicle, under the strict protection of a large number of guard division troops, drove into Yong'an City from the south gate and headed straight for the Governor's Mansion.

At this moment, Guo Qicheng seemed to have ushered in his last burst of light. He changed into his military uniform, sat on the sofa in the office, and waited quietly for Su Zhengyang's arrival.

The Guard Division quickly took armed control of the entire Governor's Mansion. After checking Guo Qicheng's office and making sure there were no pre-arranged explosives or other means that could kill Su Zhengyang, the division commander Sun Yuanshan nodded at Su Zhengyang, who pushed the door and walked into the office with his head held high.

Guo Qicheng, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his head. The sharp eyes of the old and the young collided in the air. After a moment, Su Zhengyang walked to Guo Qicheng carelessly, sat opposite Guo Qicheng with a relaxed posture, lit a cigar in a familiar manner, and looked at Guo Qicheng, who was already old and dying, and said lightly: "General Guo, you asked me to come here. What do you want to say to me? Let's talk directly and frankly."

Guo Qicheng looked at Su Zhengyang with a heroic look on his face, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes, and sighed in his heart. Once upon a time, he was just like Su Zhengyang in front of him, full of vigor and ambition to revitalize China. As time went by, he ended up becoming the person he hated the most.

"Youth is the beginning of a hero. You and your father are cut from the same cloth. I have fought all my life, rising from a commoner to the governor of a state. But in the end, in less than a year, I was defeated by a brat like you."

"I only want to ask you three questions. First, after taking over Linzhou, are you planning to live in peace in a corner and be the king of Linzhou, or do you have other plans?"

Su Zhengyang pondered and said, "For our Northwest Revolutionary Army, Linzhou is definitely not the end. Just like the purpose of our army, the Northwest Revolutionary Army fights for peace, to drive away the foreign powers, and to make our great China return to the top! This is the lifelong goal of me and all my colleagues in the Northwest Revolutionary Army!"

Su Zhengyang's sonorous and powerful words shook people's hearts, and Guo Qicheng couldn't help but be infected, and his heart was filled with heroic spirit.

"Good! Fighting for peace, fighting for China to reach the top, just based on your words, it is worth making public! It's a pity that there is no wine here."

Guo Qicheng looked at Su Zhengyang deeply and said, "I hope you remember what you said today. In the future, don't become someone like me who is despised by the Chinese people. If one day, you can really do everything you said, I will rest in peace in my grave."

"The second question is, what do you think of China's current situation? Or what path do you think China should take in order to truly rise."

Su Zhengyang said without hesitation: "Now the whole of China is torn apart, and warlords in various places are dividing the land and claiming their own kingdoms. There are many spineless people among them who use the support of the great powers to develop their power and oppress their compatriots. In the long run, China will sink completely. There must be a person, or a force, to stand up. To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal affairs, unify China, and unite hundreds of millions of people in China to develop together and fight against the great powers. This is the future of China!"

Guo Qicheng was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "So, do you think your Northwest Revolutionary Army will play this role?"

"This road is long and difficult. To unify China is a goal that the Northern Frontier government has been trying so hard for a generation but has not been able to achieve."

Su Zhengyang said solemnly, "This is something that must be experienced. China must be completely unified under the baptism of blood and war before it can stand up. President Yang and Prime Minister Duan of the Northern Frontier Government are also passionate about serving the country, but their methods of action are soft. They basically adopt a conciliatory approach to the major warlord forces, which has led to the major warlords in northern China following orders but not propaganda. They call themselves a system, but in fact they are just a pile of loose sand."

"To the outside world, they have their own bottom line and don't want the great powers to show off their power on Chinese soil. However, China is backward now and does not have its own scientific and military industrial system. It has to rely on the support of the great powers everywhere. If it lags behind, it will be beaten. They currently do not have the strength to completely get rid of the shadow of the great powers."

Guo Qicheng sneered, "You little brat, you speak in high-sounding terms, but I heard that the current military equipment of your Northwest Revolutionary Army comes from a large amount of aid from the United States Peace Corporation. Aren't you also under the shadow of the great powers?"

Su Zhengyang shook his head and said, "I am different from them. After taking over Linzhou, I will develop industry and technology on a large scale to fundamentally solve the problem of our country's weakness. Others may not be able to get the core technologies and equipment of these powers, but I have my own way."

Looking at Su Zhengyang's confident expression, Guo Qicheng nodded and said, "If it is true as you said, then the Northwest Revolutionary Army will be the true savior of our China, and you, Su Zhengyang, will not disappoint your father's expectations and will become a great man of China."

There was a fiery light in Su Zhengyang's eyes.

"China is a sleeping dragon, but no one has really tried to wake it up. When the dragon wakes up one day, China will take off."

"last question."

Guo Qicheng looked at Su Zhengyang with complicated eyes: "What kind of person do you think I am? Am I the traitor that the people of Linzhou are talking about?"

Su Zhengyang looked at Guo Qicheng's eyes which were seven parts melancholy and three parts expectant. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "If you hadn't ordered to capture all the Fuso people in Yong'an City, I might not have given you the chance to meet this time. In my opinion, you are a person with mixed reputations. Your merits and demerits will be left to future generations to judge."

Guo Qicheng stood up and straightened his body, as if he had returned to the glorious days when he had just started his rebellion.

"I used to be a passionate person with a heart to serve my country. I started from Yushan and became the governor of Linzhou step by step. I never compromised in the face of the wooing of the great powers. In my later years, I was blinded by power and did something stupid that I will regret for the rest of my life. Maybe in the future, I, Guo Qicheng, and even the entire Guo family will be nailed to the pillar of shame by the Chinese people forever, but I don't resent it. This is the price you should pay for doing something wrong."

"Little guy, I used to have a friendship with your father. He was just as stubborn as you. I hope you can do everything you said, so that our country can truly stand on top of the world, regain its glory, and stand up with our proud backbone! Linzhou is yours. Thank you for agreeing to meet me at the last minute."

Guo Qicheng looked at Su Zhengyang with a calm look in his eyes.

At this moment, Su Zhengyang felt an inexplicable sense of mission in his heart, as if he had one more expectation on his shoulders.