Fengxian Jiangshan

"How is Yushuai?" Wang Chengbin asked in a low voice.

The guard looked miserable: "We don't know, Yu Shuai has locked himself in the room for three days, and we dare not go in without making a sound."

"Confused, if something happens to Yu Shuai, can you afford it?"

While speaking, Wang Chengbin led several people directly to the door of Wu Peifu's room. Just as he was about to open the door, the door was suddenly opened, and Wu Peifu with a bearded face came out from inside, his eyes bloodshot, His face was very haggard, and he completely lost his former charm.

"Marshal, what's the matter with you, brothers are still waiting for your advice?"

Wu Peifu shook his head: "Don't call me Marshal anymore. There is no Marshal Wu anymore. Now that Marshal Cao has been electrified, so will I."

When Wang Chengbin heard that Wu Peifu was going to resign, his eyes widened immediately: "Marshal, although the current situation is not good, you can't ignore the brothers! 10,000+ brothers, what will we do without you as the head of the family? ah?"

Wu Peifu smiled wryly: "In the past three days, I want to understand a truth. The virtuous live in the world, and the virtuous lose it. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the common people have suffered a lot, and it should be truly unified. If you don’t go, then you have no self-knowledge!”

Since the Southern Province announced the federal autonomy, Wu Peifu has been a force that Cao Kun strongly invited, but Wu Peifu has not gone south for a long time, and his heart is also very anxious.What is in front of us may be the last chance to compete in the world. If we sit back and watch Fengjun take Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it will be the most affluent place in the world. All of them are in the hands of Fengjun, and the general trend of unification will be irreversible. [

According to reason.Wu Peifu had to give it a go, but Wu Peifu also knew that the British were behind this inter-provincial self-government, and they wanted to take the opportunity to split China.Once south.He has completely become the running dog of the great powers, and he will not be able to wash away his notoriety in this life.

Moreover, Wu Peifu is also an extremely proud person. Feng Jun dared to fight foreigners desperately, but he could only beg for mercy. Even if he succeeded by luck, he was safe.What's the point of being an emperor.

What's more, Wu Peifu still has some understanding of the strength of Fengjun. It is absolutely wishful thinking to imagine that with the support of the British, he can compete with Fengjun, and the facts have also proved Wu Peifu's judgment.It is true that the Southern Province has already collapsed before the Fengjun actually made a move, but just broke the British claws.

Seeing this situation, Wu Peifu also knew that the overall situation was settled, and any struggle would be futile, so he looked at Wang Chengbin.Then he said: "Zhang Tinglan is quite a generous person. Although he has strict requirements in some aspects, he is also a master of foundation and business. If you follow him, you may have a chance to be famous in history. You are honest and obedient, and nothing will happen. questionable."

Hearing this, Wang Chengbin's face suddenly turned serious, and he asked with a serious face, "Marshal, are you really going to let go?"

Wu Peifu nodded without hesitation: "I did this. In fact, I also left a way out for the brothers."

"Marshal, if you really think about your brothers, you should give up your life and fight. If you win, you will be rich and honored. If you don't even fight, you hand over the world to Zhang Tinglan. This is a coward! "

When Wu Peifu heard Wang Chengbin's words, he also felt something was wrong, and stared at him closely: "What do you mean, do you want to rebel?"

Wang Chengbin sneered: "It's not that we want to rebel, but you, Marshal Wu, don't want to do it anymore, so naturally we have to find someone else!"

Speaking of this, Wang Chengbin waved his hand violently, and more than [-] armed soldiers rushed over. Among them, there were five or six veteran generals of the direct army, all of whom were also Wu Peifu's old subordinates.Seeing these people's evil intentions, Wu Peifu's eyes were like knives, piercing these people's bodies.

"What exactly do you want to do, can you rebel?"

Peng Shouxin, the commander of the first division, stood up and smiled slightly: "Yu Shuai, you also said that we should not give up lightly until the last moment. It is true that the army is powerful, but we can't just admit defeat like this. We have to let go for a while." Fight, since you Marshal Wu is not willing to lead everyone, then we can only do what we can."

Wang Chengbin also said: "Yushuai, please rest assured that we will never harm your life. If we succeed, you will still be the leader of the direct army."

"Bastard!" Wu Peifu raised his eyebrows after such a thing, "You ungrateful bastards, do you want to ruin Zhijun's family fortune!"

"Being defeated is better than being betrayed." Wang Chengbin sneered and waved his hands, asking people to drag Wu Peifu down and place him under house arrest. [

Several people controlled Wu Peifu, but their faces were still a little uneasy. Peng Shouxin patted his chest and said: "Everyone, it is true that Fengjun is strong, but their main force is on the front line of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Minister Fang Ze has promised that the Japanese side will Provide full support, we have nothing to fear."

Wang Chengbin also said: "That's right, let it go, if we win, the world will be ours, if we lose, we will go to exile in Japan, anyway, we can't just give up for nothing!"

……

Zhang Tinglan is not clear about the changes in Henan. All his attention is now on the southeast, on Britain and Japan.After killing the British fleet, Zhang Tinglan was relieved, but by the way, the Izumo was also sunk, which made Zhang Tinglan a little happy and a little worried.

To my surprise, this notorious warship finally sank, isn't it a so-called unsinkable ship? Looking at it now, it's just that later generations lacked effective means of attack, otherwise it would have sunk long ago.

But after the joy, troubles came again. In the UK alone, Zhang Tinglan was sure that the British would not be able to travel across the ocean, so if they fought, they would fight.But the Japanese are close at hand. If Britain and Japan hold hands, it will not be a good thing for China.

During the Sino-Japanese War, the British acted as the boss behind the scenes, and the Japanese acted as the thugs, ruining the Beiyang Navy.Zhang Tinglan was not worried about repeating Li Hongzhang's mistakes, but that he didn't want to rush to war with Japan when he was not fully prepared.

Now that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas have been acquired, if you give yourself three to five years, China's economic aggregate can at least double, and the industrial output value can also more than double. With development as the core, if we continue to fight, we will really shake the foundation of China.

Calculating with fingers, in fact, there is only half a year left before the Great Kanto Earthquake. As long as there is no war in this half year, Japan will do its best to save the earthquake losses, and China will have a peaceful development period.

Rather than letting Japan's wealth be consumed on the Chinese battlefield, it is better to lose it in the earthquake. The former costs the lives of Chinese soldiers, while the latter has no loss at all.Thinking of this, Zhang Tinglan called Foreign Minister Gu Weijun over.

Over the past few days, Gu Weijun has been negotiating with various countries almost day and night, and he has just finished talking with the Japanese before rushing over here.

"Vice President, the Japanese side demands that we compensate for the losses, punish the perpetrators, and guarantee their freedom of navigation along the coast. Japanese Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa also threatened that if we disagree, Japan will take further measures!"

Zhang Tinglan snorted slightly: "We have notified all countries in advance that the Japanese warships trespassed in the warring waters and fired at the Chinese fighter planes first. It is completely reasonable for us to sink the Japanese warships. However, considering the friendship between China and Japan, we can Appropriate financial compensation will be given, but other conditions cannot be agreed at all.”

After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Gu Weijun's expression was a little strange, so he asked with a smile, "Shaochuan, what do you think?"

Gu Weijun shook his head: "Vice President, this is a bit out of your style. Why did you promise to compensate the Japanese? They didn't have good intentions in the first place, and they deserved the beating."

"Hahaha, Shaochuan, you are engaged in diplomacy. Why are you more hostile than my army leader? Now you still have to concentrate on dealing with the British. You have to eat every bite. You can tell the Japanese side, If they accept negotiations, we can properly supply ore from Musan Iron Mine.”

It is rare for Zhang Tinglan to throw a sweet bait to the Japanese, but this sweet bait looks a bit awkward. You must know that the Maoshan Iron Mine was originally in North Korea, but the Japanese did not use it, but let the Fengjun snatch it. .

In fact, ever since it was known that there was a large-scale open-pit iron mine in Mushan, there was an uproar in Japan, and some people even clamored to fight Fengjun again to snatch the iron mine back.

"Vice President, if you can get iron ore, Japan will definitely be honest, but isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"Are you trying to say that this is an enemy?"

Gu Weijun nodded slightly.

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Countries only take what they need. Even if they are real enemies, as long as there is no war, they should use each other and take what they need. And the supply of iron ore is in our hands. It also means that there is one more card to contain the Japanese."

Since Feng Jun sank the British fleet, on the Yangtze River, the warships of the great powers that had been rampant had all withdrawn from the Yangtze River in desperation. There is no power to turn the tide.

Yang Yuting led the army, crossed the Yangtze River, and occupied Nanjing without bloodshed, and the grass-roots team selected by the Southern Province had long since disappeared.

Just after Yang Yuting entered Nanjing, Zhang Tinglan once again delivered a speech to the Congress: "China cannot always crawl under the feet of the great powers, and the unequal treaties imposed on China must be revised. For countries at the gate of the country, the action to abolish the treaty should start with the British!"

"From now on, all the unequal treaties signed between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the United Kingdom will come into effect. China is willing to re-establish diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on the basis of equality and respect." (To be continued...)