While the delegates of the various factions who had come to attend the meeting slowly walked out of the meeting hall to be interviewed by reporters, the Kuomintang delegation was meeting with GCD leaders Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao on the second floor of the Welcome Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the operation of the joint political axe and the revolutionary affairs in the south.

"Smack! Syllable! Two crisp gunshots came from outside the window.

The representatives of the two factions were taken aback, could it be that the counter-revolutionary coup had already begun? The clouds of a counter-revolutionary coup d'état have long hung over Yanjing, and even the most optimistic GCDs have already felt the murderous aura.

"Come, you go back to Xishan immediately to preside over the overall situation." Chen Duxiu's thick eyebrows furrowed. "Mr. Zhongkai, I am afraid that the enemy's offensive has already begun, and our two parties must be united in this situation."

"No, I'm afraid this shot is an assassination." Liao Zhongkai shook his head, his expression was equally solemn. The Kuomintang obviously had more experience with assassination, and he analyzed: "This shot is the sound of a pistol, and it's just downstairs, I'm afraid it's ————."

"Oh no, no, Xu Shuzheng was killed!" Qu Ming's voice came from outside the door.

"Xu Shuzheng?" Chen Duxiu shook his head puzzled: "Why did the enemy kill him?" ”

"Sheehan, what the hell is going on?" Zhou Elai grabbed Qu Ming, who ran in from outside the door in a panic, and asked, "Speak slowly, be careful, what is the situation downstairs?" At this time, the downstairs was full of crying, scolding, and exclamations, and there was a mess, and it was indeed an assassination incident.

Qu Ming calmed down and said: "Just now when Xu Shuzheng and Yang Yuting were answering reporters' questions at the gate of the welcome building, there were suddenly two gunshots, and then there was chaos, and when I ran over, I found that Xu Shuzheng was shot twice and fell in a pool of blood, both of which were critical, one in the head and one in the heart. Speaking of this, Qu Ming still looked frightened, his face was pale, and his lips trembled slightly.

Zhou Elai felt that the situation was serious, Xu Shuzheng was not an ordinary person, that was Duan Qirui's think tank, it was obvious that this assassination incident was a very serious conspiracy, and the target was GCD and the United Political Axe.

"General Secretary (Chen Duxiu's new position at the Big Four)." Zhou Elai said with some concern: "This incident will definitely become a pretext for the enemy to launch a counter-revolutionary coup, we must be ready to fight back, I suggest that the workers' pickets be assembled and standby, and the peasant Red Guards should also be fully mobilized, and there are ————" Speaking of this, Zhou Elai suddenly looked back at the Kuomintang people, and it was obvious that he had just remembered that he was now negotiating with the Kuomintang, and there were some things that could not be said in front of them.

"Come, you go back to Xishan first, and I will arrive later." Chen Duxiu's spirit was also very nervous, and this was the first major test that GCD people encountered. After Chen Duxiu saw Zhou Elai leave, he said to Liao Zhongkai: "Mr. Zhongkai, now is a critical moment for the cooperation between the two parties, and I hope that your party can continue to support us and jointly deal with the challenges." ”

Liao Zhongkai did not hesitate, but nodded firmly and replied: "We will always stand with your party, General Secretary Chen, please return to the command post quickly, you are needed there more." Then the four big strong hands were firmly clasped together.

Immediately after sending the GCD away, the Kuomintang delegation also convened an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Luo Yaoguo first suggested: "Duke Liao, we should first find out what happened outside, by the way, we must find out where Yang Yuting went." At this time, the noise downstairs has stopped, and it seems that the crowd has dispersed, and perhaps Xu Shuzheng, who is too dead to die, has also been dragged to the hospital to treat the dead as a living doctor. However, the impact of this incident has only just begun.

"Okay." Liao Zhongkai nodded. Wan Yanhao and Jin Puxin saw Luo Yaoguo's eyes and quietly left the conference room to inquire about the situation.

"Duke Liao, let Brother Zhisheng hurry up and go to Baoding to contact Hu Jingyi." Luo Yaoguo also didn't care about secrecy and put forward another suggestion: "The most important thing now is to have a troop in hand, otherwise it will be meat on the chopping board." ”

Liao Zhongkai hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed with Luo Yaoguo's suggestion: "Choose a life, you hurry up and find a way to go to Baoding to see Hu Jingyi." "What to do after seeing Liao Zhongkai didn't say, I think the left wing of the Kuomintang also has a plan.

Luo Yaoguo thought for a while and suggested: "Now it depends on where Yang Yuting and they went, if they go to the train station to go back to Tianjin, it means that there is still time, if he goes to the legation, then we will also transfer immediately." ”

"You mean————" After listening to Luo Yaoguo's analysis, Liao Zhongkai shook his head and expressed puzzlement.

"If he goes to Tianjin, it means that their strength in Yanjing City is not superior now, and they will fight from Tianjin. If he stays in Yanjing and does not leave, but enters the legation, it means that they have bought enough troops in Yanjing, and I am afraid that they will start immediately. Then we must also move quickly, I have already contacted the American Minister Schulman. ”

Luo Yaoguo meant to go to the U.S. Legation for refuge, if Yang Yuting had bought enough Nationalist Army generals to do something in Yanjing City, then he would not move the U.S. Embassy.

Listening to Luo Yaoguo's suggestion, Liao Zhongkai lowered his head and was silent. Although he had long known that Feng Yuxiang's army might change, he still couldn't accept it when this day really came.

"Shouldn't you go to West Mountain? It's also good to help them come up with ideas. Liao Zhongkai glanced at Luo Yaoguo, which means that you, the "famous general" of the Kuomintang, should advance and retreat with GCD?

"Liao Gong." Luo Yaoguo shook his head, he didn't want to wade into this troubled water. "Even if there is any good advice now, they can't listen to it, if they are willing to listen, how can they have today's situation?"

Liao Zhongkai sighed, didn't say anything more, but pushed the door out of the conference room and went back to his room. He didn't want to see the GCD people bleed, but there was no way to solve the current dilemma. He wanted the Kuomintang army in the south to launch a northern expedition to echo the revolution in the north, but the telegrams he sent were always lost.

Seeing Liao Zhongkai walking away without looking back, Luo Yaoguo didn't think much about it and immediately began to discuss the transfer with Zou Lu. Now there are no guards around the delegation, only a few are armed, such as Luo Yaoguo, Wan Yanhao, and Fan Hai. Therefore, it is impossible to kill once there is a change, and the only way to leave is to take refuge in the embassy and wait for the situation to calm down. But now they can't go, because the coup has not yet begun, and Feng Yuxiang has not lost power. So packing up and waiting quietly has become the only option now.

It didn't take long for Wan Yanhao and Jin Puxin to run back out of breath. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Fu Gong, Yang Yuting, Zhang Qiqi and Zhao Daiwen have all gone to the legation. Now that martial law is outside, the workers' pickets are all carrying guns into the streets, but not even a single national army can see it, the situation is very wrong, let's leave as soon as possible. ”

"We can't leave until the last moment." Liao Zhongkai didn't know when he appeared at the door of the conference room, his face was pale, his eyes were red, as if he had just cried. "Let's wait here, although we can't advance and retreat together, but we won't leave our friends and run first."

Probably due to the fact that the GCD adopted martial law in time, until the evening of the same day, Yanjing City seemed very calm, as if everything was normal, but it was a little too quiet. The members of the Kuomintang delegation, except for Deng Yanda, gathered in the welcome building to wait for news.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Qu Ying from the GCD hurried to the welcome building, and she was joined by more than a dozen members of the workers' picket. They appeared to have come to protect the security of the mission. Qu Ying instructed their leader, a coachman in his forties named Xiangzi, to lead people to guard the entrances to the welcome building. Then he ran to Luo Yaoguo's room alone.

"Woo, woo, woo————" As soon as she saw Luo Yaoguo, Qu Ying actually plunged into the other party's arms and cried bitterly. "We're going to fail, we're going to fail!" Well, it seems that there is a loss of faith in the revolution.

Luo Yaoguo stroked Xiao Ying's hair and asked softly, "What's wrong?" What happened? ”

The Kuomintang delegation was now in contact with the General Staff in Canton via radio, but the news there was not timely, so he did not know much about the current situation.

After crying for a while, Qu Ying pulled her head out of Luo Yaoguo's arms, then took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears and said: "There has been a fight on the Chahar side, the enemy has a lot of people, and the firepower is also very fierce, and our troops are fighting very hard. Moreover, and Yanjing City is also in trouble now, Feng Yuxiang's national army does not listen to the transfer now, and only two regiments still listen to Feng Yuxiang's words. Now Yanjing City is defended by workers' pickets, none of whom have received much training, and have no weapons except for some tattered rifles. ”

"Chahar fighting?" Luo Yaoguo was secretly taken aback, he didn't expect Feng Jun's actions to be so fast. "Your army isn't going to fight them, is it?"

"What else can I do besides fighting hard?" Qu Ying shook her head, looking a little sad. "Now there will be problems in Yanjing City at any time, I have brought some worker pickets, and if it doesn't work then, I will send you to the Soviet Embassy for temporary refuge, and our important comrades in Yanjing will also go there."

At this moment, the faint sound of gunfire came from a distance, it seemed to be the direction of Nancheng, it should be the national army living in Nanyuan, it was the troops of Liu Yufen, Han Fuqu and Shi Yousan, it seemed that they were the vanguard of this coup. And the Lu Zhonglin Department stationed in the city probably just didn't listen to the order and kept silent about the coup, so he shouldn't raise a butcher's knife against the GCD people, right?

"Who's commanding the pickets in Southtown?" Luo Yaoguo asked Qu Ying in a low voice.

"It's Comrade Zhang Tailei, and he is in charge of Nancheng." Qu Ying's face was full of worry. Their brother and sister have a good relationship with Zhang Tailei and have worked together since they were in Guangzhou.

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