December in the northern capital is very cold, and the snow on the road makes a creaking sound when leather boots are stepped on. Chen Yannian asked for a bowl of wontons, and the hot soup drove away all the chills in his body.

The northern capital is still like that, stall sellers, scissors, kitchen knives, small businesses can be seen everywhere, if there is any difference, that is, except for the old and young remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, no one will wear braids, and you can often see policemen with rifles on their backs passing by on the street.

Since Li Dazhao was caught by Zhang Zuolin for treason, the police force in Beijing has increased, and it can be seen everywhere that the military and police have only one purpose, that is, to arrest traitors.

Chen Yannian came to the gate of the Beijing Municipal Government, and a guard hurriedly came to greet him, "Mr. Chen Yannian, our commander has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Chen Yannian nodded with a smile, and also greeted the guards around Zhang Zuolin, the seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, he didn't want to offend the people around Zhang Zuolin for no reason.

Zhang Zuolin is a rough man, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how to do civil and military affairs, and at this moment he is listening to two officers explain to him the combat situation of the Tenth Army, Nanjing, and the Japanese.

Zhang Zuolin was born in the green forest, and he didn't pay attention to his speech at all, pouting and saying, "I thought this little devil was very capable?" After arriving in Nanjing, why did it get so bad, it was surrounded, what did the old guy think about Kawashima Langsu, he actually wanted Lao Tzu to go south, how could it be, Lao Tzu didn't do this kind of thing that was poked in the backbone by later generations. ”

Chen Yannian was still very disdainful of this handsome man from the green forest before, but after studying the information jointly integrated by the dark pile and the powerful elite alliance, he had to admit that although Zhang Zuolin is not necessarily a good person, he still paid a lot to maintain the independence of the Northeast.

"Dashuai, we met again, I don't know if you still remember me Chen Yannian." Chen Yannian took the initiative to say hello, being a stranger in a foreign land, in Beijing is definitely not the same as in the south, he is used to whispering.

"Come and prolong the year, sit down." Zhang Zuolin was more polite, pulled Chen Yannian and let him sit beside him, patted Chen Yannian's hand and said, "Your Tenth Army is amazing, you actually encircled the Japanese, you must know that we also have two or three hundred thousand Feng troops, but we don't have this ability." You are so handsome, do you have the ability to annihilate them all?"

Chen Yannian, as an envoy, also knew what it means to be a weak country without diplomacy, and he had previously negotiated with Zhang Zuolin on behalf of the Tenth Army, trying to make Zhang Zuolin give up his attempt to go south.

However, Zhang Zuolin, an old fox, was willing to give up the opportunity to dominate the world, and organized an army of 80,000 to set off from Henan, and the commander-in-chief of the army was Tang Yulin. Tang Yulin is also a veteran who can fight well under Zhang Zuolin, but he suffered a miserable loss in Henan.

Defeated Tang Yulin is the tiger general Chen Mingren who graduated from the first phase of Whampoa, although Chen Mingren is only a lieutenant general, but the 20,000 people under his command are also tiger generals of the Northern Expedition, plus the 30,000 people deployed by Chiang Kai-shek, so that the Northeast Army can not go further south, this organized the momentum of Zhang Zuolin's southern expedition, seeing that the southern expedition is not much possible, Zhang Zuolin also felt very helpless, most of the army are trained by the Japanese, and the weapons are also very advanced, but even if he can't beat the Northern Expeditionary Army, he has no way at all, although he has the heart to do his best, However, the Japanese attempt to the Northeast was like Sima Zhao's heart, and Zhang Zuolin could only give up the attempt to conquer the south.

And just after giving up the Southern Expedition, Chen Yannian officially contacted Zhang Zuolin through his own efforts, and gave Zhang Zuolin a list with a large list of people, including army generals, government officials of the Eastern Expedition, and a lot of evidence about how they colluded with the Japanese.

With this gift, Chen Yannian was finally able to become Zhang Zuolin's guest, and he was able to go in and out of Zhang Zuolin's side as a senator every day.

And the purpose of his coming to the Northeast was to protect Zhang Zuolin's safety and prevent Zhang Zuolin from falling to Japan. After staying by Zhang Zuolin's side for a while, Chen Yannian knew very well that Zhang Zuolin would not fall to Japan, so all he had to do was to protect Zhang Zuolin's safety.

"Marshal, the Japanese are indeed surrounded by the elite troops of the Tenth Army, and it is only a matter of time before they are completely annihilated, even if the Japanese transfer troops from the mainland, it will be too late, they are really going to steal chickens and rice this time." Chen Yannian was also very happy, they got the information that the Japanese sent troops to China relatively far, and they also got second-hand information from the fire phoenix.

However, it is relatively fortunate that Japan still regards China as the China of a few decades ago, thinking that 10,000 or 20,000 people can make China surrender, but it never thought that just a group army would put a unit in a situation from which it could never recover.

"Then congratulations to you, since the Tenth Army is about to settle Japan, and I have no intention of going south, I wonder if your mission has been completed. Are you leaving Beijing, during this period of time in Beijing, the people of Beijing still recognize you very much" Zhang Zuolin is not very embarrassed to say that he will stay, but Chen Yannian has been in Beijing for a period of time, and he has indeed given himself a lot of help in dealing with politics, if it weren't for Chen Yannian being Liu Yuan's person, he would have reused him a long time ago, but even so, Zhang Zuolin is almost obedient to Chen Yannian's words.

"Dashuai, although my mission has been completed, the organization has asked me to stay and help you train a strong Northeast Army." Chen Yannian said with a smile that he originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to keep him, but he didn't expect Zhang Zuolin's tone to take the initiative to want him to stay.

"Help me train a troop, Liu Yuan's stinky boy is not so good, when Sun Cannon went north, I didn't agree to Sun Yat-sen's opinion, Liu Yuan's kid has always been obsessed with me. He has such a good heart for you to help me. Zhang Zuolin looked at Chen Yannian suspiciously, China is such a thing sent to the door for nothing, but he doesn't cherish it.

"Don't get me wrong, our chairman really doesn't like you very much, but we have a common enemy, that is, Japan, just 16 years, the Japanese once assassinated you, I think you must remember, and these you and you are not at peace with the Soviets for the benefit of the railway, I have an information here, the Japanese and the Soviets are preparing to assassinate you early next year, they are looking for an opportunity."

Chen Yannian's words made Zhang Zuolin's face ugly, but he didn't expect that the Japanese still hadn't forgotten to assassinate him, and the angry Zhang Zuolin scolded, "The Japanese are really not things, but our Northeast is not easy to mess with, if you provoke Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will definitely bite him, and even if the Japanese kill me, I still have children, and my children will inherit the cause." ”

"You mean the young marshal, I heard that he has been smoking opium recently, do you think he can inherit your career? Or that your old brother listens to a young man who is nostalgic for his gentle country, and if you are assassinated, the Northeast Army will cease to exist. Chen Yannian's words were hard to hear, but they were like a thunderbolt from the blue.

"Then what can you do for me if you stay?" Zhang Zuolin asked.

"If I stay, it means that our organization will continue to work in Tohoku, we can help you obtain a lot of Japanese intelligence about Tohoku, we will help you train your own intelligence force, and we will also mobilize excellent officers to help you train the army. Let your two or three hundred thousand troops become an elite force that can truly resist the Japanese and prepare for the imminent Japanese invasion of China. ”

Zhang Zuolin was stunned for a long time before he said slowly, "If that's really the case, then I have 300,000 men in the army, I'm afraid there won't be a few people alive, and I should have a son like Liu Fuguo, I agreed, but I hope that my son can go to Liu Yuan to serve as an adjutant for a period of time." ”

"Are you afraid that the young marshal is in danger?" Chen Yannian asked.

"What do you say? If the Northeast becomes the main battlefield of the war with the Japanese, then how long can my old bones live, I only hope that Liu Yuan can help me train my children into talents, which is my requirement as a father. Zhang Zuolin's tone was slightly pleading, to become a generation of heroes, the judgment of the current situation is absolutely not bad, when he organized the army to prepare for the southern expedition, when he was defeated, he knew that the Beiyang was over, the Northeast Army was over, and it was time to find a way out.