Chen Zikun smiled dumbly, he understood that Qi Xieyuan and Sun Chuanfang were fierce on the surface, but they didn't want to fight anymore, both sides were encouraging themselves to send troops to fight each other, could it be that in their eyes, they were just half-men who were reckless?

Sun Chuanfang's hole cards have been revealed, what Qi Xieyuan thinks in his heart, Chen Zikun can expect it, but he still wants to confirm it again, so he said: "Chief of Staff Liu, how can Sun Chuanfang worry about it, with me Chen Zikun here, the custodian Xiao Sun Lang doesn't dare to covet Shanghai, but I don't know how to divide Shanghai?" ”

Liu Yuke's face was embarrassed, and he said: "First kill Sun Chuanfang, and then talk in detail about how to divide Shanghai." ”

Chen Zikun knew that the other party was not sincere, and said: "I don't care about just one Shanghai, if Fu Shuai can support me with food and ammunition and military salaries, I can send Sun Chuanfang back to Fujian, Chief of Staff Liu, do you believe it or not?" ”

"Faith!" Liu Yuke's spirit perked up, "I believe it too much, Kun Shuai is like a god with soldiers, no one knows, no one knows, Kun Shuai has this ambition, Fu Shuai can not fully support, before coming, Fu Shuai said, if Kun Shuai can take Zhejiang, he will guarantee you to be a patrol envoy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang." ”

Chen Zikun's face smiled into a flower: "Good, good!" In his heart, he secretly scolded Patriarch Qi Xie for being cunning, and he had no intention of sharing Shanghai with him equally.

Qi Xieyuan's hole card is the same as he expected, that is, he doesn't want to lose Shanghai no matter what, think about it and understand, this war was initiated and organized by Qi Xieyuan, gathered the armies of the four provinces, and fought with Lu Yongxiang's main force for more than ten days, and the loss of troops will cost a huge amount of money, if nothing is gained, not only Qi Xieyuan will not agree, but also those generals under him will not agree.

On the other hand, Sun Chuanfang and himself both won the territory of a province at a very small price, and they didn't have time to digest it, and at this time, he and Qi Xieyuan bluffed, just to get more oil and water.

Thinking of this, Chen Zikun had a bottom in his heart, and dealt with a few words to send Liu Yuke away, and kept thinking about the strategy that Chen Yi gave himself, this strategy sounds good, and it is very difficult to implement, that is, to send troops to capture the Wusongkou Fort, block the back road of the Zhejiang and Shanghai army, and catch turtles in an urn, and Wusongkou is the throat of the Huangpu River waterway, and the goods transported from the Yangtze River to Shanghai must pass under the Wusong Fort.

But how can the fort be so easy to attack, it is a fortress, there are Krupp large-caliber coastal defense guns in the town, and there are marines to guard it, just rely on this little belongings of his own men, it is okay to play a sneak attack while people are unprepared, and storming the fortress is purely looking for death.

was thinking hard about countermeasures, the adjutant came to report, and Li Yaoting came to worship.

Chen Zikun was overjoyed: "Please." ”

Li Yaoting entered the headquarters with a spring breeze on his face, and bowed down to say goodbye: "The little one asks for peace to the big handsome." ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's so late, why did you come over?" ”

Li Yaoting said: "I have an important mission to cross the line of fire this time, and I have an old friend who wants to see you. As he spoke, he shouted outside: "Inspector Cheng, come in." ”

Cheng Ziqing, the inspector of the political group of the patrol house of the French Concession, walked in with a smile on his face, snapped upright, and saluted Chen Zikun: "Don't come to harm, handsome?" ”

Chen Zikun fell in Shanghai several times, all by the help of Cheng Ziqing, this time the old people met, naturally polite, arranged for the guards to pour tea and smoke, greetings for a while into the topic, Cheng Ziqing said: "Chen Dashuai, I am on the secret order of the French consul to invite you to the concession to negotiate a truce. ”

Originally, the concession authorities were afraid that the war would affect their interests, and vigorously urged the warring parties to cease fire, but the war had reached this point and could not stop the car, and they had to score a victory or defeat, and the concession party failed to negotiate with each other, so they had to use personal connections.

The Shanghai Concession is divided into two parts: the French Concession and the Anglo-American Public Concession, and the patrol house of the French Concession employs a large number of Chinese, and its handling of Chinese affairs is far better than that of its British and American counterparts, and the political group of the patrol room is specifically responsible for collecting Chinese political intelligence, and Cheng Ziqing is the most capable Chinese detective in the political group, and he has brought the eight sides of the Chinese to the extreme, no matter which political force he is not offended, but deliberately communicates, turning these relationships into his own intelligence resources.

Many years ago, Chen Zikun was injured in the assassination of a British patrolman, if it weren't for Cheng Ziqing's help, I am afraid that he would have died in Tilanqiao Prison long ago, so Inspector Cheng had something to ask for, and he naturally agreed.

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The next day, Chen Zikun went to the French Concession under the leadership of Cheng Ziqing for secret talks, the war was approaching Shanghai, the concession authorities were like a great enemy, barbed wire and barricades were erected everywhere to prevent horses, sandbags were piled up at the entrance of the concession, and the number of French soldiers and Annam patrols increased three times more than usual.

Chen Zikun came with the guards, and the Nantai hats, Browning automatic rifles, and box guns were enough to rush into the French Concession, but they frightened the French soldiers so much that they blew sirens and set up machine guns from a long distance, and all of them hid in the fortifications.

Cheng Ziqing hurriedly stepped forward to show the division and introduced the situation, but the French lieutenant who could lead the team said that there were regulations in the concession that Chinese armed soldiers were forbidden to enter, and they must be disarmed to enter the concession, Chen Zikun heard this, turned his head and left, Cheng Ziqing was in a hurry, here he begged Chen Zikun to stay, and there persuaded the French army to let him go, but the French lieutenant did not give him face at all, so he had no choice but to call the French consul and let the consul personally order, and the French army moved the barricade and let them in.

The meeting was held in a hotel on Xiafei Road in the French Concession, and the French consul Mr. Pierre, representatives of the British and American consuls, and military attachés of various countries in Shanghai were all present at the meeting.

First of all, the French consul expressed his concern to Chen Zikun on behalf of the French Concession and the Public Concession, because the refugee flow caused by the war has brought great pressure to the concession authorities, and if the war does not end as soon as possible, the interests of foreigners will be greatly affected, and I hope that Chen Zikun can exert influence on Qi Xieyuan and Sun Chuanfang to end the war as soon as possible.

The translator translated Pierre's words into Chinese, and Chen Zikun nodded after listening to it and said: "It is our consensus to end the war as soon as possible, but the premise is that Lu Yongxiang and He Fenglin lay down their arms and surrender, as far as I know, there are still 30,000 troops in Zhejiang and Shanghai entrenched in the urban area of Shanghai, and they are the source of danger." ”

Suddenly, an Englishman stood up and said: "Now we are talking to Your Excellency, not Lu Yongxiang, Your Excellency only needs to do your own thing, declare a truce, and we will deal with the rest of the issues." ”

Another Japanese army lieutenant said: "If your army does not cease fire within the time limit, our concession authorities will use any means, including armed intervention, to forcibly stop your actions, and do not take our patience as a bully, because there are marines from France, Britain, the United States, and our Imperial Japan stationed in the concession, and our warships in the Huangpu River. ”

The interpreter was busy taking notes, and was about to speak, Chen Zikun had already spoken in an Oxford accent: "Sir, if I remember correctly, this is a bilateral meeting, not an appointment between superiors and subordinates, so please don't talk to me in a commanding tone, if you have the ability to deal with this difficult issue, why invite me here?" ”

The British were dumbfounded and speechless.

Chen Zikun said to the Japanese army in a proficient Japanese language: "Baga, is this how the soldiers of the Japanese Empire talk to their superiors, the person sitting in front of you is the lieutenant general of the Chinese Army, you don't even know the minimum etiquette, you can reflect on it." ”

Zhongzuo's eyes widened angrily, and he was about to draw his sword, but Chen Zikun confronted him and threw the saber on the table: "Little Japan wants to play horizontally, I will accompany you!" ”

Everyone hurriedly persuaded each other, and it was not easy to quell an unwarranted disaster, and Nakasa put away the saber stupidly.

Chen Zikun changed back to Chinese, and said in a straight tone: "The disaster brought by the war is something that no one wants to see, and I am willing to end this catastrophe, but this requires the efforts of both of us, and I have a request, I hope that Mr. Consul and Mr. Officers can agree." ”

Consul Pierre said, "Please speak." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Lu Yongxiang is stubbornly resisting, and strong pressure must be exerted on him, if you can help me take over the Wusong fortress, form a comprehensive encirclement of the Lu army, and dispel his last hope, the morale of the Lu army will collapse, and the war will definitely be over in the shortest possible time." ”

The diplomats and officers exchanged words for a while, and with the exception of the Japanese lieutenant, they reached a consensus that the foreign **** team would not participate in the affairs of the Chinese, but it would not obstruct the harmless navigation rights of Chen Zikun's army in the Huangpu River.

Chen Zikun said: "You foreigners, when you become a bitch, you still have to set up a memorial arch, stand on the land of China and say that you will not intervene in Chinese affairs, I have seen shameless, I have never seen you so shameless." ”

The translators were stupid, how could they dare to translate his original words truthfully, they could only fool the past, but the diplomats were all proficient in Chinese, and at this moment, they had to pretend not to understand.

Consul Pierre said: "In fact, we invited you not to solve Lu Yongxiang, he has already failed, it is not worth our time, what we care about is who will take over Shanghai, and whether the other two that have failed will provoke a war, this is what we really care about." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at Chen Zikun with a blank eye, these people are all China experts, and they deeply understand the temperament of the ** valve, in order to compete for territory, the marshals will do everything, and it is more difficult for them to give up the fat to the mouth than to ascend to the sky.

Chen Zikun looked around and said, "No matter who takes over Shanghai, I assure you with the honor of General Xiaowu that there will never be another war." ”

The shrill voice of the Japanese soldier sounded again: "What guarantee do you have? ”

Chen Zikun said: "You Japanese are familiar with the Three Kingdoms, you must understand the three-legged balance, after solving Lu Yongxiang, whoever provokes the war first, I will join the other side of the armed mediation, under the oppression of absolute superiority, the war will not happen." ”

The talks did not reach anything substantial, and Chan left the French Concession.

Consul Pierre returned to the consulate and called British Consul General Johnson.

"Dear Pierre, was the meeting with General Chen a success?" Johnson asked.

"This general is rude, savage, aggressive, and an out-and-out bastard!" Consul Pierre said.

"In that case, the talks were a failure." Johnson didn't seem surprised by the outcome.

"No, of course not." "Actually, I admire the straightforwardness of this bastard, who is a straightforward and rugged cowboy compared to the cunning Chinese men in robes and coats and opium guns, and if anyone can end this war, I think it's him." ”