"This..."

Mo Yu was speechless at the same time, this battleship was suppressing the Mongolian cavalry in Qinhuangdao! When it goes south to take over the warships in Jiangnan and goes north, it is estimated that the war in the north will be over.

"Hey! Yutong, let's tell you the truth! Our boss purchased two 15,000-ton passenger ships purchased by the White Star Company from the "Dominion Shipping Company" in 1909 - the twin-propeller Megnec and the triple-propeller Laurentec, and the boss meant to send two passenger ships to pick up your soldiers to Qingdao. You should just send the three most powerful cruisers in the Bohai Fleet, "Haiqi", "Haichen", and "Zhaohe", to escort you, so as not to delay your war in North China and leave you a way out. Speaking of which, Zhu Xi was also sweating behind his back, if it wasn't for Zhao Yun's instructions, Zhu Xi would have thought that Zhao Yun was helping Wu Peifu at this moment!

"This..."Mo Yutong only came to purchase arms, and he couldn't interfere with the army's actions, and these things had to be decided by Wu Peifu.

Zhu Xi saw his expression, and he didn't bother to ask him, so he simply forced him to leave an accurate sentence.

"Do you have enough shells for your battleships?"

Hearing this, Mo Yutong immediately sweated in his head, the Nassau-class battleships contributed a lot in this direct war, but two-thirds of the shells were also used, and this time they came to purchase shells and related matters. After thinking about it, Mo Yutong scratched his head and said: "Brother Zhu, don't tell lies in front of real people, the current battleship is just controlling the situation, which makes the Mongolian army jealous, but it is unrealistic to completely reverse the situation by relying on this battleship, and the war will definitely take a while!" ”

Zhu Xi thought about it, the war in North China is still burning, if Wu Peifu keeps trying to stalemate, then he will really have nothing to do with him for a while, and then he instructed

"I have a radio here, you hurry up and talk to your Wu Dashuai, and tell him that if the war in North China is unfavorable, Boss Zhao is willing to make Jiangnan Wu Dashuai's new territory, but the price needs to be discussed."

"Really!?" Mo Yutong didn't expect that the intangible asset of the site could still be negotiated and traded, and if it could be negotiated, then Sun Chuanfang and others in Jiangxi who supported Wu Peifu would be connected with Wu Peifu's territory. Moreover, the Qi Governor Army in Jiangbei did not flee from the wind, so there was only one way to go, raising their hands and surrendering.

"Ladies and gentlemen, should we go from Qingdao to Luoyang in the west, or from Qingdao to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south?" As soon as Wu Peifu's words fell, a rough looking general of the direct army stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "Dashuai, the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been shrewd, not to mention businessmen, this kind of unprofitable thing, they will never be able to do it, but I don't know what conditions the surnamed Zhao wants us to pay, so that he can give us Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" ”

Looking at the burly figure, Wu Peifu frowned slightly, and said, "As long as my power is within reach, his business will be built in that area, and at the same time, half of their taxes will be reduced!" ”

"So much!" "Isn't this just a bundle of interests?" As soon as Wu Peifu said Zhao Yun's conditions, the generals in the audience immediately discussed.

Someone in the audience suddenly stood up and said, "Dashuai, this Zhao Yun is by no means an easy person to deal with, according to legend, this person was a businessman in the early years, and after earning the first pot of gold in Jiangnan, he squeezed the surname Qi across the river, like such an ungrateful villain......

"That's it!" Wu Peifu raised his hand to stop this person from speaking, and said unhappily, "Ben Shuai himself is also a talent in the countryside, and he is not in a high position today, what happened to Shangjia?" What's more, it was the surname Qi who took a fancy to his family property, which led to the chaos in the Jiangnan area, but now, the people's livelihood in the Jiangnan area is stable, and the economy is developing rapidly, which is more than a little higher than the surname Qi! ”

"What the big marshal said is extremely true!"

"Zhao Yun is indeed a master of handling finances, if this person is brought in, our financial resources will definitely continue!"

Hearing that Wu Peifu was comparing himself, several direct army generals in the audience echoed their words.

With Wu Peifu maintaining Zhao Yun's reputation, it is equivalent to setting a tone for today's business discussions, although some people are still dissatisfied with Zhao Yun, but it is a topic that may as well be discussed next.

In the end, after an hour of discussion, Wu Peifu made a decision on the spot, first went to Qingdao, and then went south, but the rumor to the outside world was that Zhao Yun sent a cruise ship to pick up Wu Peifu's army to Jiangnan, pacify the pressure of the Qi Governor's army on him, and stabilize the situation in Jiangnan.

Of course, the premise is that Zhao Yun must send some more cruise ships to transfer all Wu Peifu's 50,000 troops in the Shanhaiguan area, not just Wu Peifu's 8,000 descendants, otherwise the two sides will not have to talk.

Sure enough, Wu Peifu, who found out that Zhao Yun was "eager" to go south and help him, quickly got the answer he wanted.

Mo Yutong, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, got Zhao Yun's "agreed" reply from Zhu Xi in just half a day, and he was so happy to go to Wu Peifu to ask for credit.

The transfer of 50,000 soldiers is not a trivial matter, not to mention that at this time, among the warlords, you have me, I have you, Wu Peifu's military order has just been issued, and Zhang Huzi and the warlords from all walks of life know about it.

In just one day, whether it is the north or south of the Yangtze River, it has already turned the sky upside down, Zhejiang Lu Dujun almost electrified and started a war with Zhao Yun, and the old man Deng in Anhui also sent a few power to Zhao Yun, and even Sun Chuanfang, who is directly related, also complained to Zhao Yun, after all, it is a good thing that he has a subordinate as a subordinate, but it is not a good thing for the boss to stare at him every day.

As for the Qi Governor's Army, who was preparing to fight with Zhao Yun, after hearing the news, he ran to Xuzhou as soon as he heard the news, and he didn't even care about the family members who stayed in Yangzhou.

Jiangnan is chaos, but North China is quiet, as if nothing is happening.

Wu Peifu's army was gradually withdrawing towards the coast, but Timur's Mongol army did not pursue or retreat, but only stared at Shanhaiguan. It seems that they are not fighting with Wu Peifu, but watching Zhang Huzi's army not come out.

Zhang Huzi, who was stared at by the Mongolian army, really didn't know what kind of medicine Timur, a Mongolian man, was selling in the gourd, except for sending people three times a day to appease his "nominal" subordinates, more time was spent on stepping up to deal with the "two kings" of Jixian County.

At the same time that Zhang Huzi stepped up his precautions, the last bit of support of his direct line in North China was also uprooted by Zhao Yun.

As soon as Wu Peifu left, the direct army in North China was almost scattered. As for Cao Kun, the leader of the direct warlords, his military literacy is obviously several grades behind Wu Peifu. Timur didn't need to do it himself, Xu Shichang had long hated him, and personally ordered Nie Xianfan, the commander of the infantry, and Xue Zhiheng, the police director of the Beijing Division, to lead the troops to Baoding to arrest Cao Kun and send him to the court for processing.

In fact, Cao Kun was a stupid, rude, ignorant and ambitious feudal warlord, and almost all of his "fame" was founded by Wu Peifu for him.

Once Wu Peifu left, none of his subordinates could compete with a veteran like Wang Chengbin in terms of prestige.

Of course, just based on the goods sent by Xu Shichang, Cao Kun will definitely not be caught. Timur sent two armies behind them, feinted from the south and west, and then flanked them with forces from the east and west, and the remaining forces of the direct army. On the 4th, Wang Chengbin's 23rd Army Division captured Baoding, fought all the way to Shijiazhuang, and almost entered the territory of Shanxi. And with Wang Chengbin's prestige in the direct army, his troops were tantamount to marching, with almost no losses.

Even in some places, when Wang Chengbin's banner of the word "Wang" was seen, Cao Kun's subordinates all disarmed and surrendered.

For the "Luo" faction and the "Bao" faction in the direct lineage, this year's summer did not have the slightest warmth, but was particularly cold. This cold is not physiological, but psychological. In the early summer of 22, there was a major event between the direct line and the Feng family for Jixian County, and then the weak direct line settled the Feng family with lightning speed, and sent the Feng family back to his hometown. And what happened next was even more incomprehensible, the Mongolian army, which was obviously found by the Feng Department to be cannon fodder, was like a "dark horse", and drove straight into it with extraordinary bravery, swept away thousands of troops, and defeated the direct defenders near Jixian County, and then stabbed him in the back of Wu Peifu.

Now as long as anyone with a little insight understands that the direct "Bao" faction is finished, and the "Luo" faction only has half a life left.

Now the entire direct line is basically led by Wang Chengbin, if Shanxi and Henan take refuge in Wang Chengbin, then even if Wang Chengbin no longer attacks Wu Peifu, then Wu Peifu's "Luo" faction will not live long.

In addition to Xi'an to the west of Luoyang, there is basically no territory for Wu Peifu to develop around, just with the barren land of Shaanxi and Gansu, he can't afford to raise too many troops at all, and there are two hungry wolves next to him, Sichuan warlords and northwest warlords who usually seem harmless to humans and animals, and now they may pounce on Wu Peifu at any time and bite Wu Peifu, who is seriously injured, so Wu Peifu

The demise of the "Luo" faction has almost become a foregone conclusion, and the difference is only a matter of time.

But Zhao Yun, the warlord in Jiangnan, didn't know what to smoke at this time, and invited Wu Peifu to go south to deal with his old rival, the Jiangsu overseer. But this move also disrupted everyone's deployment, not only the warlords in the country, but even the several countries that were ready to interfere in China's domestic affairs were also confused.

As for Zhang Huzi, he is also exhausted now, and the ten days he spent against Wu Peifu have exhausted Zhang Huzi's already small savings. Originally, in the background of Zhang Huzi, the Japanese were ready to send people from the Far East to help Zhang Huzi and defeat Wu Peifu, but Wu Peifu's southward movement made the Japanese plan equal to hitting cotton.