For this sudden question, Chang Zhenbang immediately fell into deep thought, Duan Qi Tighu stepped into the eagle's eye, and had the heart to sweep all directions to flatten the universe, and even unabashedly hung on the unification of force, with his character, after cleaning up the southwest, he definitely had to turn around and clean up other factions that were in the way, the direct line that diverged from Feng Guozhang's faction, the Gan faction was definitely the first to bear the brunt, he did not discuss this issue with Tang Baichuan, but he came to the conclusion that the warlords today listen to the tune and do not listen to the urine nature, It is absolutely impossible to kill the southwest, let alone quell the rebellion in the southwest.

Wu Peifu saw that Chang Zhenbang was silent, and continued to think about it and said: "After pacifying the southwest, it will be my brother's southeast, after all, your power has greatly threatened his central authority. ”

Chang Zhenbang glanced at him and said: "After the southwest, the world will return to the Beiyang, that is, to conquer my southeast, and you Zhili must be killed first, after all, you are under their noses, there are few bad pools, and Beijing and Tianjin will be affected by the pond fish." ”

Wu Peifu said with a smile: "What if Premier Duan shoots and gives money and food, let us beat you?" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "It's okay, the five southeastern provinces, with Hubei and Central China as the battlefield, and hundreds of thousands of southeastern rebel troops are not easy to deal with by the direct family!" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Brothers are on the wall, but they lose both? If you and I join forces to strike first, Duan Qirui is fine and organized, but there are no generals other than Ni Sichong and Xu Shuzheng, and they are definitely not your opponents! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "You and I are just President Feng's faction, when President Feng was on top, he couldn't suppress Duan Qirui, how did you deal with Premier Duan after I separated?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "There are not only you and me in the world, brother, don't forget that there are also five horses in the northwest, Fengtian Zhang Zuolin, Shanxi Yan Xishan, Chahar Dutong Wang Tingzhen, Suiyuan Dutong Cai Chengxun, Southwest Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting and others, these big people are disgusted with Duan Qirui's arrogance It's not a day or two, as long as we cavalry, these people will support us, and then Duan Qirui will become a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats." ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "I heard that when you retreated from Hunan, you had already organized the 'National Salvation Alliance' with the Southwest 'National Protector Army'?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "President Feng's will, in addition to the confluence of Jiangxi and Jiangxi, is to negotiate peace between the north and the south, do you think that peace is not good for the future and destiny of our country?" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "The north and the south still agree with Zhenbang, but why should the southwest help you, and what benefits have you given to the southwest!" That's what I care about. ”

Wu Peifu said fiercely: "Hunan is the iron and blood of my direct soldiers, and it should belong to my direct family, but Duan Qirui showed Zhang Jingyao that bastard, and the vice president's promise is even more of a joke, since we can't get it, it's better to give it to the southwest?" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Hunan gave to the southwest, and we will have to face the threat of the southwest in the future, do you think I am still in the mood to cooperate with you after hearing this kind of thing?" ”

Wu Peifu said with a smile: "Master Chang is too worried, even if we give Hunan to Tang Jiyao and others, but now Hunan is in the hands of the Anhui system after all, if the southwest wants to get Hunan, the premise is enough to defeat Zhang Jiyao!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Without the support of direct troops, how can Zhang Jiyao defend Hunan?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Don't forget, my lord, the day I wait for Duan Qirui to open the station, my lord will have the opportunity to enter Hunan to replace Zhang Jingyao, with the strength of the adult and Zhang Jingyao's Beiyang Seventh Division, it will not be a problem to hold Hunan, as for how to share the spoils with Zhang Jingyao in the future, it is a matter between you!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said coldly: "We have to send troops to Hunan in the southeast, and we want to send troops to Beijing and Tianjin with you, what are the benefits of our southeast?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "After the matter was completed, the forces in the southeast withdrew from the Lianghu region in exchange for the regions of Anhui and Shandong. ”

Chang Zhenbang said angrily: "The two provinces of Hunan and Hubei are exchanged for Shandong and Anhui, but they don't lose or earn, what kind of benefit can they be!" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Adults can also not send troops to Hunan, as long as you give up the Hubei overseer, Anhui and Shandong will be yours." This condition should be okay! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "As far as I know, Suiyuan has been occupied by Yan Xishan, and the remaining half has taken refuge in Cao Sanye, as for Chahar, if the war goes well, he will defect to you, so that your direct family will occupy the two lakes and the Beijing-Tianjin region afterwards, Chahar and Suiyuan and other regions, but only to the southwest, a province in the southeast is afraid that it is too stingy!" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Lord Chang, when did you stand on the same line with Sun Monkey, and even speak for him As for Hubei, you only account for one-third, isn't it cost-effective to exchange one-third of Hubei for the entire Anhui and Shandong?" The Suiyuan region was to be left to Yan Xishan, and now it seems that our direct family can't occupy a lot! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "What does Zhang Zuolin want in the three eastern provinces? ”

Wu Peifu said: "Appoint him as the envoy of the Mongolian Manchurian Scripture, and the Mongolian and Manchurian regions will be under his management." Anyway, others in these areas can't look down on him, and he can't get his hands on it, even if he doesn't give it to him, he will take advantage of the chaos to get it himself, it's better to give him a personal favor, Brother Zhenbang, don't you think you have taken a fancy to those broken ground, right? ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "What my brother said is reasonable, if these people really help us, Duan Qirui must not be our opponent, if he steps down, who should the Beijing cabinet let do well, I don't know if my brother can arrange it?" ”

Wu Peifu was stunned, and he was even more jealous of Chang Zhenbang in his heart, if Chang Zhenbang was a warlord, it would be a big deal to give him more provinces, but he didn't expect that he also wanted to insert his hand into the central government, which is not easy to do, everyone who has watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms knows that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao want to compare, the chassis is small, the army is small, and the only way to coerce the Son of Heaven is to make the princes have an indescribable advantage, and in the end, it is because of this that he won the battle of Guandu and won the largest part of the world. In Wu Peifu's eyes, Yuan Shao is the second, and Cao Kun's side, Zhi has him Wu Peifu, Wu has Sun Chuanfang, and it is close to Beijing and Tianjin, which can be seen as Emperor Wu of Wei alive, and Chang Zhenbang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with many soldiers and generals, but Sun Ce, who loves to do things alone and is alive. If Emperor Han Xian let Sun Ce get his hands on it, then what else is Cao Mengde in the world? However, if Chang Zhenbang is not allowed to meddle in the central government, I am afraid that Chang Zhenbang will defect and stand on Duan Qirui's side, don't say that the expulsion of Duan Qirui, it is difficult to say whether Cao Zhi can protect himself, it is better to agree, anyway, as soon as Duan Qirui falls, the leaders of the overseers in Suiyuan, Shaanxi and other places will also take advantage of the situation, and Chang Zhenbang will be as good as Chang Zhenbang at that time, as for the central government, Zhang Zuolin has been promised anyway, and Chang Zhenbang will not let Chang Zhenbang come to get a piece of the pie, thinking of this, Wu Peifu smiled and said: "Lord Chang, you have trespassed, On the day when the traitor Duan Qirui stepped down, we waited for the president of the government, and as for who formed the cabinet, the president had the final say, and how could we and other local martial artists interfere. ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled slightly and said: "General Wu is reasonable, Zhenbang is wrong, I think that Qirui has been operating in Beijing and Tianjin for many years, and there are many people who are rebellious, Zhenbang is planning for the world, and is willing to send a division to meet the main seat to find a garrison in Beijing and Tianjin to maintain the safety of the main seat, I believe General Wu will not mind!" ”

Wu Peifu said: "My lord said that he was joking, if the president really asked for this, I and other courtiers should obey it, but I am afraid that others will have ulterior motives!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Telegrams, documents or edicts, but what about the president himself announcing it?" This can't be an overkill! ”

Wu Peifu said: "The capital is important, and I have my direct guard, even if there are rebels, it is the most capable of dealing with it, I believe that President Xu will not be like this!" ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled slightly and said, "Could it be so, not for you and me, but for President Xu, isn't it?" ”

Wu Peifu lowered his head and thought about it, although Xu Shichang is the second person second only to Yuan Shikai in Beiyang, but he has always been a civilian manager, and he has not really commanded the army, Duan Qirui took a fancy to this, and selected him as the new president, and it is precisely because of this that Wu Peifu plans to expel Duan Qirui when Xu Shichang is still the president, if the president and the prime minister of the cabinet are driven away, wouldn't it tell the world that they are chaotic ministers and thieves, just afraid of driving away Duan Qirui, It will also give those people in the southwest an excuse to rebel and the overseers in various places to follow suit, although everyone says that Xu Shichang is a person who knows the current affairs, but he is now nominally the president of the Republic of China, the supreme commander of the country. In order to ensure the little bit of pitiful power in his hands, and not to let himself become a pure puppet strawman, it is completely his way to ask warlords from all over the country to enter Beijing to protect him, and to adjust the helm in a detached capacity in the midst of factional disputes.

As for the affairs of the cabinet, although it is generally said that it is elected by the Congress and nominated by the president, what is the Congress, you don't know, brother, you are controlled by Duan Qirui, turning the national public opinion into a private tool, it is really a one-handed cover, people and gods are angry, after Duan Qirui stepped down, how can the new prime minister be elected by these rebels in the Congress? I think that for the sake of the country's righteousness, the Feng line, the Jiangxi line, and the direct line all have the responsibility to elect a cabinet that is not controlled by the Duan clan. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Is it the three that jointly recommend the prime minister of the cabinet?" ”

Wu Peifu thought for a while and said: "Recommended by the three of us, such a central cabinet believes that it will make the military and the people of the world rejoice!" ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled and said: "The Feng department must have already negotiated the joint formation of the cabinet between the two departments, I don't know if our Jiangxi department will be disgusted and disgusted by General Zhang Zuolin if it is inserted like this." ”

Wu Peifu said: "General Zhang Zuolin admires his brother very much, if it is the elder brother who intervenes in the cabinet, I believe that General Zhang Zuolin will not object, after all, the person he hates the most is Xu Shuzheng, as long as he can drive away Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng will naturally fall apart." The stuffiness in Brother Zhang's chest was naturally gone. ”

Speaking of Xu Shuzheng, Chang Zhenbang couldn't help laughing, this Xu Shuzheng is talented, but arrogant, it is said that after the second Tianjin Conference that year, Xu Shuzheng took the post of deputy commander of the Fengjun and the commander-in-chief Zhang Zuolin, commanded the Fengjun to urge those overseers to march south, and when the spring breeze was proud, he didn't feel that he drank a few more glasses of liquor on the wine table, and Yang Yuting, the chief of staff of the Fengjun on the way, was very dissatisfied with Xu Shuzheng's arrogance, and inadvertently said: "The Fengjun soldiers are strong and strong, they are handsome, and they are from our three eastern provinces, has a fart relationship with him Xu Shuzheng! I never thought that this sentence was heard by Xu Shuzheng, Xu Shuzheng said drunkly: "Brother, you don't have many soldiers, if you are not obedient, Lao Tzu will take Dongying soldiers to beat you!" As soon as these words came out, the generals of the Feng Department here stopped doing it one after another, seeing a mutiny, Zhang Zuolin happened to come at this time, and saw that there were signs of a big trouble, so he hurriedly played a round and said: "Lao Tzu's soldiers are the soldiers of Brother Shu Zheng, even if they are used, it hurts our feelings too much to pull something else." In the future, if anyone dares to disrespect Brother Xu, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite! Then everyone scolded and scattered.

If it had been another warlord, he would have found an excuse to drive Xu Shuzheng out, but Zhang Zuolin is a peerless hero after all, with extraordinary strength, and he has fought in the round field and calmed down the anger of the public, and this matter is settled in Zhang Zuolin's heart. But this Xu Shuzheng turned a blind eye and didn't care, in line with the idea that if it was not his own team, he would die if he died, and drove all the Feng troops in his hands to the forefront of the war between the north and the south, intending to act as cannon fodder and substitute for the dead. Then Xu Shuzheng set up the general headquarters of the former enemy in Hankou and transferred the six mixed brigades of the Northeast Army to the Hunan battlefield. In the form of a military order, he ordered Sun Liechen, Ji Jinchun, and Wu Junsheng, the three division commanders of the Feng army, to go to Changsha as soon as possible to arrange a battle plan to fight against the rebellion in the southwest. This kind of desperate combat deployment soon reached Zhang Zuolin's ears and aroused Zhang Zuolin's attention and vigilance. Zhang Zuolin immediately transferred back the three division commanders of the Feng Army, and thought of trying to transfer those combat units sent by the Northeast Army back to their hometowns from the front line. After Xu Shuzheng found out, he personally went to Zhang Zuolin's camp and swore that it was just an offensive posture and would never be really used on the battlefield, but Zhang Zuolin didn't dare to believe him anymore at this time.

Later, Zhang Zuolin participated in the meeting of the Governor's Corps held in Tianjin for the first time, during which Zhang Zuolin stayed in Tianjin to have nothing to do, and one day on a whim, he found someone to check the accounts of Xu Shuzheng during the period when he acted as commander-in-chief. This investigation, don't see it, I really found a big problem. It turned out that when Duan Qirui's cabinet was reinstated, Xu Shuzheng actually received more than 5 million yuan in military expenses from the Feng army, while the Feng army actually received less than 2 million yuan. Although deducting military salaries is not a big deal, and every general is more or less clean, but such a blatant and unscrupulous deduction is bold, Zhang Zuolin actually laughed in anger. Zhang Jinghui, who was on the side, took advantage of the situation and handed over a copy of the exposé materials of Xu Shuzheng and Yang Yuting's private training of troops.

In these years, having a gun is the king of grass, Xu Shuzheng even instigated Yang Yuting, this Yang Yuting is also a person who does not want to live under the people for a long time, the two hit it off and used the military funds received from the Ministry of War to recruit recruits for four brigades, with Ding Chao, a graduate of the Japanese non-commissioned officer military academy, Yu Zhen and Anhui officer Song Ziyang, Chu Qixiang as the brigade commander, hiding from Zhang Zuolin, training in Luoyang and Xinyang.

Zhang Zuolin read the materials, and after learning about the incident, he was very angry, and immediately ordered Xu Shuzheng to be removed from the post of deputy commander-in-chief, and had Yang Yuting arrested and detained. Yang Yuting was later dismissed from his post after Duan Qirui interceded. Zhang complained to Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui was allocated to Zhang in Xu's troops, so it was counted as a stop. Since then, Zhang Zuolin and Xu Shuzheng have had a bad relationship, planting the seeds that Xu Shuzheng wants to assassinate Zhang Zuolin, fortunately, Zhang Zuolin was prepared in advance and avoided Xu Shuzheng's three assassinations, and also completely pushed Zhang Zuolin to Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui's opposite, and Zhang Zuolin realized that it was easy for the central government to clean up the place in a weak way, and then he also had the ambition to seize the power of the central government.

Although this story is nonsense, Xu Xiaofan's temperament can also be said to be three points, this joke is also very powerful, for Zhang Zuolin, Xu Shuzheng's grasp is also three points.

With Duan Qirui's ambition and Cao Zhi's power, the overseers and military envoys in various places, including Zhang Zuolin, were all respectful and far away, if it weren't for Xu Shuzheng's tossing and cleverness, Wu Peifu would not have brought many warlords over so easily. It can be seen that it is a good thing for a person to have it, but it is not a good thing if others are too arrogant and arrogant. Xu Shuzheng is an example, it can be said that he has achieved the current Duan Qirui, but he also dug a good grave for Duan Qirui. It's a joke, but when someone listens to it, they can't help but feel sad.

"If this is the case, then Zhenbang will be very ashamed, now the Jiangxi lineage, the direct line is the same as President Feng, and naturally and complete the will of the president. Expelle Duan Qirui and restore peace between the north and the south, but there is a place for brothers, but it doesn't hurt to say that the elder brother said! Chang Zhenbang said with a smile.

Wu Peifu said: "If the elder brother said this, he would be very happy in his brother's heart." After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then lowered their voices to discuss some technical issues such as when to send troops, where to send troops, who to send troops, etc., of course, since the two factions have been separated, there is no need to get together stiffly, the two are just discussing how to cooperate with each other without affecting each other, and after the preliminary discussion of these issues is over, there are several rooster cries outside, Chang Zhenbang, Wu Peifu looked at each other and smiled, although he did not sleep all night, but he also felt very relaxed.

Chen Zhiji asked people to come over early to serve Chang Zhenbang and the two to wash, and after using it too early, the two of them would be with the crying Feng family's children, and slowly sent Duan Qirui's coffin to the state funeral tomb in the midst of the noise of gongs and drums.

A generation of heroes came to an end in the eyes of the world, and tears rained down.

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