In Wangchun County, a small mountainous county located at the junction of Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, it is now completely dominated by bandits. A group of silk soldiers called the "Red Brigade" entered the county seat from the town of Chunyang in the north around 30 July, and the county commander appointed by Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, of course, fled in despair, leaving the people of Li in a county to be ravaged by the bandits. This gang of bandits still had some discipline when they attacked the city, but as soon as they entered the city, they were no longer restrained, and they occupied the houses of each family in a chaotic manner, and the residents who did not have time to run away were caught by them and looted, robbed all the valuable things, and then were driven out of their homes. The bandits raided the four towns again, grabbed some chickens, ducks, and fish to stew in a pot and ate and drank. When you get drunk, you sing and dance like crazy. The cries of fist-strokes and drinking orders, the sound of gong-like singing, and the occasional woman's screams rushed all over this small county town.

These bandits are Wu Shi, Guo Songling, and the Zhao family's mother and daughter's team, and the big bandit gang formed after merging dozens of large and small strands in Wangchun County! At this time, except for those "people with lofty ideals" provided by the Korean Liberation Association and the "Red Russians" recruited from the White Russian army, they had not lost their discipline, and the rest of the bandits, whether they came from Shandong or the local people in the Northeast, had already forgotten what kind of "** army" they were.

In the government office of the county government, the two leaders of this "** army", Guo Songling and Wu Shi, together with a few subordinates brought from Fujian, sat on the stone benches in the garden in a daze. Obviously, he didn't expect the current situation at all, Guo Songling's brows furrowed the most, and he suddenly gritted his teeth and cursed: "These guys, why don't they have any discipline at all?" How can they be the ** army like this? If this continues, Mr. Sun's name will be ruined by them! ”

He is a loyal believer of Sun Yat-sen, and he is a native of Northeast China, although he is not from Jilin, but he is always a man from Kanto, right? There are many words, but he has been thinking about carving out his own piece of the world in the northeast. Therefore, on 8 July, after leading people to loot a large number of arms on the Middle East Road, he immediately began to solicit large and small bandits in Wangchun County. Because there were guns and ammunition to replenish, the bandits in the nearby mountains and forests quickly gathered under the banner of this "Red Brigade Northeast ** Army", and Guo Songling, Wu Shi and Zhao Mama worked together to reorganize these bandits. The team of four or five thousand people was organized into a division, Guo Songling was the division commander and the commander of the first brigade, Zhao Mama became the deputy division commander, Zhao Mama's son Zhao Hu was the commander of the second brigade, and Zhao Sanmei gathered hundreds of the most powerful horse bandits to form a cavalry regiment under the name of this "Red Brigade Northeast ** Army First Division". As a result, today's matter is bad for this group of horse bandits, after entering the city, they took the lead in plundering, which provoked the other bandits to red-eyed, and finally the whole thing was out of control.

At this time, the sound of horse boots hitting the bluestone road came, and I saw Chang Ruiqing's little wife Zhao Xiang'er dressed in Western riding clothes and walked in with a few female bandits. Seeing the faces of Guo Songling and Wu Shi, he smiled apologetically: "Senior Commander Guo, Secretary Wu, I have already ordered to go down, and I am not allowed to kill anyone; 2. Do not rape yin?????? ”

Hearing her say this, Guo Songling slapped the table and stood up suddenly: "That's it?" It's up to them to loot in the county? Zhao Xiang'er! You have been with President Chang for a longer time than me, you know better than me what the discipline of his team is, if he sees this situation today, what will he do? ”

Zhao Xiang'er smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Senior Commander Guo, isn't the current situation special?" The following brothers are all bandits, and they follow us just to eat and drink spicy food, if the restraint is too much, I am afraid that this military spirit will disintegrate?????? In fact, these bandits know about it, and when the nonsense is over, it will stop, and at most the county town will be able to restore peace tomorrow morning, and it will not be too late to slowly rectify discipline at that time. At present, Guo Songling's team under their control cannot be called an army, so military discipline or anything can't be taken too seriously, otherwise the team will not be dispersed. Wu Shi, who was beside Guo Songling, also nodded and agreed: "Maochen, the current team is like this, and it can't be required by the standards of the National ** Army??????? The establishment of discipline can only be done slowly, and the top priority now is to find ways to get the four or five thousand people in our hands tight! In addition, it is to establish an old camp in Changbai Mountain, it is August in a blink of an eye, and in another three or four months, Changbai Mountain should be blocked by heavy snow, before this must be built up the old camp, and then reserve enough food to eat for a winter. ”

Hearing Wu Shi say this, Guo Songling didn't care about military discipline for the time being, but frowned and asked: "So, let's spend the winter in Changbai Mountain?" Zhang Yuting of Fengtian is offering us the price of a division, Yu Xun, don't you really think about it? ”

"No way!" Wu Shi shook his head slowly: "Our plan is to let Wu Ziyu out of the customs, and now this goal has not been achieved, so we can't let go!" Mao Chen, Wu Ziyu has secretly joined the GCD, and we are our own people, and Zhang Yuting is a warlord after all, he may betray us anytime and anywhere! ”

Guo Songling's eyebrows wrinkled bitterly: "Then Sun Liechen still can't see it?" He will come to Wang Chun in a few days! ”

Wu Shi sneered: "See! Why not? We just took this opportunity to put forward a request to take back the Eastern Railway and expel the forces of Tsarist Russia in North Manchuria! We're the ** army! ”

Guo Songling heard the words "** army" and listened to the chaotic and noisy sounds outside, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head??????

At the same time that this so-called ** army openly proposed the conditions of recovering the Middle East Road and expelling and killing the Russian forces, which made the masses who did not know the truth applaud. Sun Yat-sen and the Nationalist Government issued another statement, denying any connection with the Red Brigade, and also said that they would send Sun Ke, Wang Jingwei, and Zhou Enlai north to help resolve the hostage crisis.

For such a statement, even if the family members of the Beiyang government had 10,000 reasons not to believe it, they could only pinch their noses and issue a welcome telegram, and at the same time ordered the Beiyang Army stationed in Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang to cease war with the Nationalist ** Army (in fact, there was no war at all)?????? The reason for such a statement is naturally that the Beijing legation is exerting pressure! Now they only care about the safety of the hostages in their own country, where do they care if it is Beiyang or the Kuomintang who saves people?

The statement of the Beiyang government completely eliminated the obstacles for Sun Ke and them to go north, so the day they got up was quickly determined, and before leaving, the three of them were summoned to the back garden of the chairman's palace of the national government in Shimin Tuchang, waiting for Sun Yat-sen's face-to-face lecture.

Chairman Sun Da appeared in front of them with Chang Ruiqing, and it was rare for Chang Ruiqing not to wear a military uniform today. Instead, he was dressed in a long shirt, holding a folding fan in his hand, and then looking at the face with a beard and a bit of a fierce appearance, it really meant that a robber pretended to be a scholar.

Sun Yat-sen was still dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with a cane in his hand, and when he saw Sun Ke, Wang Jingwei, and Zhou Elai, he beckoned them to come over, and then several people sat around a small Western-style table, drinking afternoon tea and talking about things.

Sun Yat-sen smiled and said to his son Sun Ke: "Beiyang has now sealed Zhang Yuting as an errand for the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, and I will also seal a Northeast Security Commander to Zhang Yuting, Zhesheng, what do you think?" ”

Hearing his father's question, Sun Ke's slightly honest face twisted slightly: "Father, I'm afraid Zhang Yuting won't accept our appointment, right?" Quite a few words"

Sun Yat-sen set his eyes on Wang Jingwei again, and Wang Jingwei smiled and took the question: "Sir, if he doesn't accept it, we will seal it, so as to show our sincerity in winning him over." ..., Sun Yat-sen smiled and nodded, looked at Zhou Elai again, and said with a smile: "Comrade Xiangyu, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Elai smiled and said: "It is precisely because Zhang Yuting will definitely refuse that Mr. Sun will propose this appointment?????? Mr. Sun, since you want to draw a cake for him, why don't you make a vice chairman of the national government? If we can go over with these two letters of appointment, Zhang Yuting's mind will definitely be active! ”

Sun Yat-sen showed an appreciative look on his face, and continued to ask Zhou Elai: "With two useless pieces of paper, can we bring Zhang Yuting over from the Beiyang?" ”。

Zhou Elai shook his head and asked with some sternness: "Mr. Sun, do you really want to draw Zhang Yuting to the side of the Nationalist Government?" ”。

Sun Yat-sen just smiled and didn't speak, he and Chang Ruiqing discussed this issue all morning. He really wants to win over Zhang Zuolin, if Zhang Zuolin's Feng army can defect and enter the customs during the war between the National ** Army and the Beiyang Army, won't the National ** Army be able to win a big victory? However, Chang Ruiqing opposed the pulling of the Feng army into the future war between the north and the south, and his reason was that the stability of the northeast needed the existence of the Feng army. Once the army enters the customs, the Northeast will inevitably be empty, so it will give the Japanese the opportunity to seize the Northeast! However, Sun Yat-sen never regarded Japan as China's mortal enemy! In his opinion, Japan has always had a good relationship with him, and at present, the rapid expansion of the national army is also due to the fact that Japan sells a large number of arms, which shows that Japan still supports him! Moreover, Japan's negotiations with Soviet Russia are nearing completion, and the Nationalist Government is also negotiating with Soviet Russia on the matter of forming an alliance, so it is very likely that China, Japan, and Russia will form a solid alliance in the future, so how could Japan invade Northeast China?

However, Chang Ruiqing has always adhered to his "anti-Japanese viewpoint", believing that there will be a war between China and Japan in the future! Moreover, this war will inevitably take place in the process of the Nationalist Government's reunification of China -- Japan absolutely does not want China to be truly reunified!

Sun Yat-sen knew that there was no way to convince his ally, so he put the topic on hold, and now when he heard Zhou Elai's question, he just smiled and diverted the topic: "I'm afraid it's a little early to discuss this issue now, right?" For a lot of words, we should establish contact with Zhang Yuting first, and it is enough for him to have a good impression of us?????? It's not now that you really want to win him over, it's not too late to wait until we level the southwest and then think about it, and the price should be more reasonable at that time, right? Quite a few words"

Listening to Sun Yat-sen's tone at this time, it seems that Zhang Zuolin, the king of the Northeast, still has the intention of soliciting and wooing???????

Duan Qirui returned to his mansion in Fuxue Hutong with heavy steps, although he tried his best to keep his composure on face, but his crooked nose still exposed the anger in his heart.

Xu Shuzheng and Cao Rulin, who were still following Duan Qirui, looked a little depressed. Zhang Zuolin had already telegraphed the request made by the representatives of the Red Brigade to the Beijing Government when they met with Sun Liechen for negotiations. The other party did not want money and officials, but put forward a demand to take back the Eastern Railway and expel Tsarist Russia in North Manchuria. After hearing this "unreasonable request", Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, and Cao Rulin went straight to Dongjiaomin Lane, and walked around the legations of Britain, the United States, France, and Japan. The meaning of the envoys of the great powers is very clear, Russia's special rights and interests in China must be guaranteed! There is no room for bargaining at this point, and the safety of the hostages must also be guaranteed, if the Beiyang government can't do it, then the countries will have to consider sending troops directly to the northeast!

Moreover, the British minister Eston, who maintained friendly relations with Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, also tactfully told them: "Although the British Empire has no ambitions for Manchuria, it cannot be ruled out that some countries will use this as an excuse to send troops to the Northeast?????? Although there are no nationals of this country among the hostages abducted this time, the country is currently mobilizing its army, and the scale of the mobilization is quite large! ..., this "certain countries" Duan Qirui can figure out that it is Japan even if he thinks about it with his heels! As soon as the Middle East Road robbery came out this time, they were probably the happiest people, right? As soon as many words walked into his study, Duan Qirui let out a long sigh and looked back at Xu Shuzheng: "Another Zheng, it seems that we still have to pay equal attention to suppression and support?????? Or let Wu Ziyu's third division get out of the customs. ”

Xu Shuzheng faintly felt that something was wrong, and Wu Peifu had always taken a relatively tough stance on foreign issues. If he gets out, maybe he'll have to provoke something wrong. And how will local forces in Northeast China like Zhang Zuolin and Meng Enyuan view the central government's decision?

He shook his head slowly, just about to open his mouth to object. Duan Qirui sighed again and interrupted him: "Zheng again, there is no way, so be it, Zhang Yuting can only go with him if he has any ideas." Now the powers are pressing too hard, if we don't make a gesture, I'm afraid they will really send troops! ”

Xu Shuzheng still shook his head: "Old Zhi, have you forgotten that Sun Yat-sen's son Sun Ke, henchman Wang Jingwei, and Zhou E, the representative of Zhongg, will be in the Northeast in the next two days?" They nominally said that they were there to help solve the Middle East Road robbery, but in fact, they were afraid that they were there to lobby Zhang Yuting, right? A lot of words, if we let Wu Ziyu out of the customs again, I am afraid that Zhang Yuting will be pushed to the national government! ”

Duan Qirui shook his head: "I can't control it so much, I can't control it!" That's not all we have in trouble! He turned his gaze to Cao Rulin again: "By the way, the Prime Minister's Office turned a report on the European war?????? Is the European war coming to an end? ”。

Cao Rulin was stunned, he didn't expect Duan Qirui to suddenly turn the topic to the European war. He nodded and said with a smile: "Germany and Austria-Hungary are already at the end of their strong crossbows, and it seems that the European war will end in the victory of the Entente!" Old Zhi, our China will become a victorious country this time! ”

Duan Qirui snorted coldly: "Defeat a fart!" If we don't send a single soldier, who will recognize us as a victorious country? He sighed again: "They don't think that our victorious country doesn't matter, the question is what about the rights and interests of the Germans in Shandong?" Now the nationalist sentiments in the country have been instigated by the Red Brigades?????? ”

"Elder Zhi, are you worried about ???????" Cao Rulin was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Old Zhi, I heard that Britain and France had already granted Germany's rights and interests in Shandong to Japan when they mobilized Japan to participate in the war, and it is estimated that they will ?????? after defeating Germany ”

Duan Qirui glanced at Xu Shuzheng with a wry smile: "Another Zheng, what will happen to the Red Brigade and the National Government then?" ”

Xu Shuzheng is a think-tank-like figure, and as soon as Duan Qirui said it, he immediately thought of this problem, and his face was gloomy as if he was out of water. He gritted his teeth and said to Duan Qirui: "Old Zhi, this burden can't be carried by our Beiyang family, otherwise the public opinion and the will of the whole country will be on Sun Yat-sen's side, and now he has the strength again, if the Northern Expedition comes, I am afraid that the world of Beiyang will be buried in our hands!" ”

Duan Qirui nodded heavily: "I think so too, and Zheng, we have to find a way as soon as possible!" ”

Xu Shuzheng's face showed a helpless wry smile, the stall in Beiyang has been rotten to such a point, he is Zhibi Zhuge , what can he come up with?

"Old Zhi, why don't I go and ask the Japanese Minister Lin Quansuke again!" Seeing that Xu Shuzheng was also helpless, Cao Rulin sighed and proposed a solution that was not a solution. Now I can only beg the Japanese to be gracious, don't force Beiyang to death.

"It's useless!" Without waiting for Cao Rulin to finish speaking, Xu Shuzheng poured a basin of cold water on him, and he said coldly: "Aren't those thoughts of the Japanese obvious? It is to make us traitors?????? They are unwilling to make concessions on the Shandong issue, and at most they will lend us money to fight the Nationalist Government! Saying that, he gritted his teeth and shouted at Duan Qirui: "Old Zhi, let's borrow money from the Japanese!" As long as the military salary is in hand, we can draw the national government, and this is the only way out! ”

Duan Qirui looked at Cao Rulin again, and Cao Rulin also nodded: "Old Zhi, what you Zheng said is right, there is only one way?????? Otherwise, our Beiyang will be completely finished! ”

Duan Qirui sighed, still shaking his head, but said in his mouth: "Runtian, you go to the Japanese again to discuss and see if you can sign a treaty that allows us to see people in Beiyang?" Even if you borrow a little less money, the interest rate will be higher! ”

However, at this time, Duan Qirui probably couldn't have imagined that his Beiyang would soon usher in a moment that seemed to be a turning point!

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