Traces of the war can still be seen in the former Liangjiang Governor's Mansion in Nanjing, and now the Liangjiang Patrol Embassy, where a brutal battle took place not long ago.

When the Fourth Division invaded Nanjing, there was a tragic battle with the Southern Union Army here in the Governor's Palace, and finally had to transfer two artillery pieces to bombard it directly, so it attacked the Governor's Palace, and cleared the remnants of the enemy.

Duan Qirui didn't care about this, and after arriving in Nanjing, he stayed in this building with a very strong political meaning on the same day.

Just like Wang Yingkai lived in the Xiyuan Yiluan Palace, and Zhao Dongyun lived in the Governor's Mansion of the Three Eastern Provinces, he Duan Qirui only lived in the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, and he could live up to his name as the Liangjiang Patrol Envoy.

It's just that even if he lives in the Liangjiang Governor's Palace, his Liangjiang patrol envoy still doesn't live up to his name, why? Because of his two-river patrol envoy, the territory controlled by his subordinates was only Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and southern Anhui, although these areas, especially Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang, are rich in sugarcane, but only say that the area of this control area is actually not as good as Zhang Huaizhi.

In order to win over Zhang Huaizhi and stifle Duan Qirui, Wang Yingkai directly pushed Zhang Huaizhi to the position of governor of Anhui, and he also served concurrently, and Zhang Huaizhi now controls Shandong and Anhui provinces.

Without the two provinces of Anhui and Jiangxi, they could not be called the two rivers patrol envoys in any case.

"As long as Chief Duan is willing to join forces with my family, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces are at your fingertips." Zhao Dongping seemed to be calm, and the eight-character beard shook and curled as he spoke.

Duan Qirui also looked at Zhao Dongping at this time, he and Zhao Dongyun have been fighting for several years, and they know a little bit about the civil and military dignitaries under Zhao Dongyun, Xu is relatively unfamiliar with him in the civil and official system, but he is no stranger to this Zhao Dongping, this person has a characteristic that no one else in the Soviet system has, that is, this person is Zhao Dongyun's cousin, in addition to the reputation of Fengjun's money bag for many years, in fact, many people also know that he is Zhao Dongyun's personal representative.

Zhao Dongyun's external liaison over the years, especially the work of private external liaison is basically undertaken by Zhao Dongping, he was the one who came forward to win over Zhang Zuolin and several other bandits in the early years, and he was also the one who came forward to do arms business with the two countries during the Russo-Japanese War, and when Zhao Dongyun sought the position of General Shengjing, he was also the one who went to Beijing to give bribes, and this time, Zhao Dongyun actually sent his cousin to Nanjing, and it is conceivable what Zhao Dongyun wanted to do.

Duan Qirui pondered and said: "Anhui and Jiangxi provinces are originally two rivers land, and it is natural to return to my hands, but your handsome family wants to go to the three provinces of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan, is this too much!" ”

Zhao Dongping's face was still flat: "Zhili is what I am determined to win by the army, and Shandong and Henan, if I enter the customs with the army and only take one Zhili, and the land of Shandong and Henan falls into the hands of others, in that case, what difference does it make if I enter the army or not?" Do you say that more than 100,000 soldiers in my army will agree? ”

Zhao Dongping continued: "And Duan Dashuai, don't be in a hurry to oppose first, listen to me first, before I came, my family marshal once told me that if Duan Dashuai has a heart, then it is not impossible for Fujian and Zhejiang to be used to support the soldiers of the First Army in the future!" ”

Duan Qirui jumped slightly when he heard the words Fujian and Zhejiang, and secretly said in his heart that this land of Fujian and Zhejiang was originally in my bag, and I could still get it if I didn't cooperate with your Fengjun, but this time the secret conversation was unusual, and he wouldn't open his mouth indiscriminately so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Because Zhao Dongping's first sentence before was: "We need an ally!" ”

Duan Qirui is a smart person, as a smart person, he knows that the subtext of this sentence is that Zhao Dongyun doesn't care who this ally is, it can be him Duan Qirui, or Wang Yingkai or even Wu Fengling and Wang Shizhen, whoever helps him Zhao Dongyun enter the customs, he will cooperate with whomever he wants.

This secret meeting was straightforward and realistic, and it was impossible for Zhao Dongping and Duan Qirui to argue with each other for days like diplomats.

So Duan Qirui was slightly silent and said after the meeting: "If Zhao Shuai wants to enter the customs, what should Zhang Huaizhi and Wang Ruxian, Wang Shizhen and Wu Fengling do if they go north?" ”

"Zhang Huaizhi's Third Army, naturally I want to ask you to ask Duan Dashuai, as for the others, my family Marshal naturally has other plans!" Zhao Dongping said confidently.

Zhao Dongyun wants to plan to enter the customs, naturally it is impossible to contact Duan Qirui alone, he also sent a special person to Shanxi, and Hubei, if he can win over the above people to join him Zhao Dongyun is the best, of course, this possibility is too small, it is best to be able to stabilize them.

But although Zhao Dongyun has promised Duan Qirui to give Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang and Liangguang land, Duan Qirui is still unmoved, the reason is very simple, although Zhao Dongyun promised to give him a lot of territory in the south, but the reality is that if Zhao Dongyun does not enter the customs, even if he Wang Yingkai wants to suppress him Duan Qirui, Duan Qirui can also take these territories in the south, so these promises given by Zhao Dongyun are of no practical significance.

What's more, Wang Yingkai is sitting in Gyeonggi, which is equivalent to separating Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun, if Wang Yingkai is destroyed, Duan Qirui will have to directly confront Zhao Dongyun, and then it will not be Wang Yingkai who will suppress and weaken him, but Zhao Dongyun will suppress and weaken him Duan Qirui. If it was like this, why would Duan Qirui bother himself.

"Although Wang Fatzi is unpleasant, it is much better than Zhao Dongyun!" Duan Qirui said to his henchmen.

Knowing that Duan Qirui refused to be wooed by himself, Zhao Dongyun, who was in Shenyang, was angry, and he wanted to contact Wang Yingkai at that time, and was ready to choose to support Wang Yingkai to eliminate all the other warlords, but he didn't expect that the flower wall would not be opened inside and outside, and he spent a lot of effort, and even sent Zhao Dongping to Nanjing in person failed to win over Duan Qirui, but Wu Fengling in Shanxi brought good news to himself.

"Wu Fengling really said that? He promised to march with us into Zhili? Zhao Dongyun asked Yang Debiao with a stern expression.

Yang Debiao said: "That's what he said, but he also has a request, saying that he wants the land of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he also asks us for ordnance and military expenses!" ”

Zhao Dongyun smiled: "Okay, as long as he is willing to send troops, what does it matter if he gives him the land of Shaanxi and Gansu, as for the military expenses and ordnance, you can also give some appropriately!" ”

Wu Fengling is different from Duan Qirui and Wang Yingkai, although they are all warlords, Wu Fengling himself and Duan Qirui, Wang Yingkai, Zhao Dongyun and Wang Shizhen are not compared, whether it is prestige or strength, there is too much difference.

Wu Fengling, who has no way to become a force alone, actually has not much room to choose, either to take refuge in Wang Yingkai, or to Zhao Dongyun, or to Duan Qirui or Wang Shizhen, as for choosing neutrality, it looks wonderful now, but Beiyang cannot be divided forever, looking at Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun They can know that the second civil war in Beiyang is already imminent, and no matter who wins, he will not give Wu Fengling, who chose neutrality at the beginning, have any good face, and he will be a dead word at that time.

Since you want to choose someone to take refuge, then you naturally have to choose a person who has the hope of success, but does not have much conflict of interest with yourself, Wu Fengling chose Zhao Dongyun after careful choice!

First of all, the relationship between him and Zhao Dongyun is not bad, there has been no contradiction between them, and when Wu Fengling was able to leave the ghost place of Rehe and come to Shanxi, it was Zhao Dongyun who helped him, and then Wu Fengling also bought a lot of arms from Zhao Dongyun, and the relationship between the two has always been good.

The second reason is naturally that Zhao Dongyun is the strongest now, since he wants to hug his thighs, he naturally wants to hug the thickest one!

The third point is very critical, that is, Wu Fengling knows that once he joins forces with Zhao Dongyun, Wang Yingkai, who is killed in Zhili, has a great chance of success under the attack of the east and west, and when the time comes, as long as he pinches the Jinghan Railway, Wang Shizhen and Wang Ruxian will not be able to go north to reinforce Wang Yingkai, as for Duan Qirui, there is no Jinpu Railway era, and when he transfers the main force from Jiangnan to Zhili, the daylily is cold, and without Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui and others going north to reinforce him, Wang Yingkai will definitely not be able to stop himself and Zhao Dongyun.

In other words, once Wu Fengling cooperates with Zhao Dongyun, the chance of success is very high.

As for the military expenses and ordnance requested, it is secondary, and even the position of the Shaanxi-Gansu patrol envoy is secondary, just like Duan Qirui, the territory promised by Zhao Dongyun is only imaginary, because these territories have nothing to do with Zhao Dongyun if they can't take them, and they have to rely on themselves to take these territories from the hands of the Southern Federation.

Wu Fengling wants more than this, he wants one person to be above 10,000 people, he wants to become a domestic warlord second only to Zhao Dongyun, so that he can have the opportunity to peek into the position of the president in the future, otherwise, according to the current domestic situation, even if he controls Shanxi and Shaanxi and Gansu, he is still only a second-rate warlord in China, and he can't get on the stage.

When Zhao Dongyun and Wu Fengling exchanged many secret telegrams and discussed the plan to enter the customs, Wang Yingkai also found something unusual, although Zhao Dongyun's move to win over the warlords was secret, but the action was still slightly bigger, and the most important thing was that Duan Qirui sent a telegram to Wang Yingkai without hesitation after rejecting Zhao Dongyun, saying that Zhao Dongyun was trying to win him over.

For a while, the atmosphere on the Jingshi side quickly became tense!

"According to reliable intelligence, the first division has now entered a state of combat readiness, and the seventh division in Jinan, Shandong Province has also made some changes, and its cavalry regiment left Jinan yesterday, and its current movements are unknown!" An Yutong of the Intelligence Section: "Zhang Huaizhi's Third Army has also made many changes, and one of its brigades has returned north to Bengbu. ”