Chapter 151: Calculations by the Parties
At that time, not long after Li Tie had just flown around the world, in March 28, Chiang Kai-shek first used a strategy to clean up the Gui warlord Li Zongren, and then in early April of the same year, Chiang Kai-shek launched the second Northern Expedition to defeat the last great warlord Zhang Zuolin.
In order to increase the chances of defeating Zhang Zuolin, Chiang Kai-shek used the strategy of driving away the wolf and devouring the tiger, and privately promised Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang many benefits, and finally impressed the two.
In the end, the three parties worked together to attack Zhang Zuolin of the Northeast Army, and the two sides fought for more than a month, both suffered heavy casualties, and finally ended with Zhang Zuolin retreating to the front line of Beijing and Tianjin.
Now it is a rare battlefield break time for the Second Northern Expedition, and Li Tie happened to return to Shanghai from the United States.
Somewhere in Shanxi, Yan Xishan made an appointment with Feng Yuxiang and Li Zongren to prepare a secret meeting.
"Brother Zongren, Brother Yuxiang, aren't we here to discuss how to continue to attack Zhang Zuolin? Why do you keep reading a broken newspaper? What news deserves such solemnity from you? ”
As soon as Yan Xishan walked into the small conference room, he found that Li Zongren and Feng Yuxiang were sitting at the conference table, one holding a large stack of newspapers in his hand, reading with relish.
"Brother Yan, please see, Li Tie, China's No. 1 God of Wealth reported above, is the general manager of Huaxing Foreign Bank, and now all sources have confirmed that the behind-the-scenes boss of Huaxing Foreign Bank is actually him Li Tie. He hired a foreigner to put in front of the stage, and he hid behind the scenes to control everything, this kid is a ghost, and he will be an opponent in the future. ”
Li Zongren showed Yan Xishan the newspaper with a large photo of Li Tie in his hand to watch. And continued to explain: "Do you remember the Chinese cigarette you liked to smoke a while ago? That's what his cigarette factory produces.
And as far as I know, the Northern Expeditionary Army has a lot of munitions and munitions that he assists. I wonder if it's possible for us to pull him to our side. With his assistance, we don't have to look at Chiang Kai-shek's face all the time. ”
"Chiang Kai-shek has just received assistance from the Jiangsu-Zhejiang chaebol, and now he wants money, money, and people. With a strong reinforcement like Li Tie, we really don't have enough confidence to compare with him. Yan Laoxi looked at the newspaper in his hand and was deeply moved.
"What then? Seeing that if you go north again, you will hit Zhang Zuolin's lair. Lao Zhang is not an ordinary stupid dog, he is in a hurry, but he really bites.
Yan Laoxi, among the three of us, you are the most calculating, you give a way. Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan were not polite at all.
"It seems that we have to keep a hand in the next battle, and we can't fight Zhang Zuolin desperately in the next few days, after all, we will get the territory, and we will rob the money and food.
In the next step, we must preserve our strength, and we have to guard against the national army. Don't let Chiang Kai-shek stab us in the back while we were fighting with Zhang Zuolin to the death, it wouldn't be cost-effective. Yan Xishan whispered.
"That's still up to you to teach, not for this territory. If it weren't for this money, food and soldiers, who would have trouble with Zhang Zuolin? Didn't you deal with him because of his large territory, the long battle line, easy to attack and difficult to defend? Now that everything is deserved, who is still desperate? Feng Yuxiang said directly.
"That's the case, I think we still have to fight a few battles with Zhang Zuolin, but we can't use too much force, we will accept it when we see it, and then ask Chiang Kai-shek for money and guns.
If he gives us enough military sound, it depends on the situation, if he doesn't give it, we just take the opportunity to provoke the pickers. In this way, there is an explanation both internally and externally. Yan Xishan finally came up with an idea.
"Haha, they all say that you Yan Laoxi is the most calculating, and it really deserves your reputation." Feng Yuxiang agreed with Yan Xishan's idea very much.
Li Zongren looked at the two of them, and could only sigh helplessly. "Alas, it's hard for you and Chiang Kai-shek to still call each other brothers, so inseparable, when will we be able to reunify China?"
"Okay, don't you stop crying and fake mercy, you fought against Jiang a while ago and let him beat him to the ground, have you forgotten?" Feng Yuxiang unveils Li Zongren's scars.
"That's because my division commander let Chiang Kai-shek bribe and betray me, otherwise I wouldn't have been defeated so quickly, this is not a crime of war. Didn't you wear a pair of pants with him, and now you're not counting him with us? Li Zongren uncovered Feng Yuxiang's scar again.
"That Chiang Kai-shek is a ruthless and unrighteous person, full of benevolence and morality, but in fact he is the most black-faced, thick-hearted, and ruthless, he rises and falls to me in the dark, and buys my subordinates.
If I hadn't found out earlier, I would have let him swallow my army, and cooperating with him is tantamount to conspiring with a tiger, don't you also believe in Chiang Kai-shek's character? Otherwise, why did you come all the way to wear a pair of pants with our brothers? Feng Yuxiang laughed at Li Zongren.
Li Zongren reluctantly explained: "It's not that I don't want to serve the country and the people, now China's Jiang and Zhang families are big, but whether it is Chiang Kai-shek or Zhang Zuolin, they only want to complete the great cause of unifying China."
None of them thought about developing people's livelihood and giving the Chinese people a peaceful and stable life. Jiang and Zhang, as long as one of them thinks about making the country rich and strengthening the people, I will not be in the same league with you, and I will intrigue and calculate others here.
Although I am not talented, I also know that both of them are nepotistic masters, and if the Chinese world allows them to win, they can only become more and more chaotic, and the worst may be that the two of them will slowly kill those of us who have opposed him.
That's why I organized the anti-Chiang alliance vigorously, because I saw through him, and it wasn't that I wanted to replace him. Alas, whenever there is an opportunity for the unification of the country, no matter who is in power, I will definitely raise my hands in favor of it, and I will never covet power. ”
"Hehe, Brother Li is good-minded, and I don't have any big ambitions in Yan Xishan, I just want to ensure that the people in my Shanxi can live a good life. I can take it if I can take it from other provinces, and I am not greedy if I can't take it, and I can't eat such a big China alone, let alone manage it. ”
"Okay, don't talk about this hurtful thing anymore, hurry up and talk about this Li Tie, I heard that this guy can get all kinds of heavy weapons, which can just make up for the lack of production in Yan Laoxi's arsenal, do you think we should ask him to buy more." Feng Yuxiang suggested.
"Okay, then how much do you think we will pay separately, and how much will we buy in total?" Yan Xishan asked the two.
Seeing Li Zongren pondering carefully, he was silent. Feng Yuxiang couldn't help but speak first: "Don't mention money to me, you know that I, Feng Yuxiang, have everything, but I don't have money."
In short, no matter how much you buy, give me some, and no matter who you fight, I guarantee that my soldiers will rush to the front line. Our old Feng has nothing else to do, but there are many soldiers, and he doesn't want to die. ”
Yan Xishan and Li Zongren glanced at Feng Yuxiang, and continued to bow their heads to study what kind of artillery to buy and how many artillery to buy.
For about the same time, the headquarters of the Nanjing Revolutionary Army.
Commander Chiang was full of ambition and was discussing with a few people close to him when it was time to continue the Northern Expedition. Kong Xiangxi held a pipe in his mouth, pointed to the situation map of the whole situation and said: "Now that we and Zhang Zuolin have just won a few battles, our morale is high, and it is time to continue the Northern Expedition." ”
He Yingqin, who was next to him, didn't think so: "The morale is very strong, but after these months of fighting, we have now absorbed too many troops from all sides, and they have not yet been fully digested, and there are still many of these surrendered generals who are not under our control, I am afraid that there will be a fire in our backyard." ”
"And Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, although they have formed an alliance with us to attack Zhang Zuolin together, in fact, these people have also been guarding against us, and they may stab us in the back at any time. Moreover, I have heard that they have exchanged letters with Li Zongren of the Gui family these days, and we still have to guard against them. Song Ziwen also interjected.
Seeing that Song Ziwen also supported his own opinions, He Yingqin said even harder: "Since March, the officers and men of our National Revolutionary Army have been fighting for many days and have long been exhausted.
Although our army's logistics system has the strong support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, we are now in dire need of weapons, especially heavy weapons. Now we haven't attacked Zhang Zuolin's lair northeast, so his soldiers haven't fought with us yet.
But once we capture Beijing and Tianjin, we will touch his bottom, and he is likely to fight to the death with us. With his painstaking management of the Northeast for many years, he has the advantage of geographical advantages and people.
Behind the scenes, the Japanese are secretly supporting, and the planes and cannons in their hands are all strong against us. I'm afraid that it will take a lot of effort for us to completely defeat Zhang Zuolin. He Yingqin again raised objections.
"It takes a lot of effort to fight, as long as Zhang Zuolin is defeated, the rest of the small warlords will fall to the wind, and then they will turn hands to deal with Feng Yuxiang, and Yan Laoxi and that Li Zongren will be easy." Kong Xiangxi still insisted on deciding to fight.
"Plainly speaking, what about weapons? Do you let the soldiers go empty-handed against the fully armed Northeast Army? He Yingqin asked Kong Xiangxi rhetorically.
"If you don't have weapons, don't we have money now?" Kong Xiangxi responded.
"Just having money is a fart, seeing that we are going to defeat Zhang Zuolin, foreign banks from various countries that originally strongly supported the sale of weapons to us suddenly sold them in limited quantities.
Who can't see it, they don't want us to defeat Zhang Zuolin so quickly, they just don't want to see a unified China, none of these foreigners are well-intentioned, I wish we could fight for a few hundred more years, and they will eat us up a little bit. Song Ziwen is not ambiguous about his eldest brother at all.
"Is there no one in China of this size who can sell us weapons?" As soon as Kong Xiangxi said this, several people looked at each other, and suddenly said in unison: "Look for Li Tie." ”
Li Tie, who had just gotten off the plane and had finally escaped from the welcoming crowd, suddenly sneezed several times in a row. The thousand-tailed scorpion and others hurriedly pushed away the crowd and took Li Tie to the car bound for the Golden Tiger Club.
Along the way, Li Tie's sneezing was always constant, and the thousand-tailed scorpion couldn't help muttering: "I said earlier that your physique is weak, you still don't admit it, you look at the ten people who came back together, and you sneeze in the wind." ”
"You can't say that, people say that there is a little lady who sneezes behind my back. I've played so much, and at a glance, I know that there are countless beauties thinking about me, are you jealous? ”
The thousand-tailed scorpion saw that Li Tie still didn't look like he had grown up, and raised his fist and punched Li Tie a few times. Although the fight didn't hurt, Li Tie still screamed again and again. Wang Qi, who was so frightened that he was driving, muttered: "It's still my family's Yuhong!" ”
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