Wu Peifu led the rebel army, all the way from the Yangtze River valley to the Pearl River valley, the majesty was greatly inspired, and the army's front pointed directly at the city of Guangzhou, and there was a certain situation. But at this time, Wu Peifu ordered to stop the attack, which made everyone a little baffled.

"Head Xue, how is the situation in Guangzhou?" Feng Yong asked worriedly while looking at the fortifications on the periphery of the Yue army in the distance.

"I sent a few brothers to secretly infiltrate the city, and found that Sun Wen was recruiting troops on a large scale, and there was a steady stream of ships coming from the sea, as if to bring supplies to them."

When Feng Yong heard this, he couldn't help but say: "What you have detected is similar to what the Air Force has seen, Sun Wen and his party are indeed putting on a decisive battle, but I don't know who gave them this courage?" ”

"I suspect that the Japanese did it, but the brothers who were scouting in the city found that the number of Japanese in the city had increased a lot, and they were helping Sun Wen plan the defense system and build fortifications."

When Feng Yong heard this, he immediately clenched his fists: "It's these little devils again, it's really ghostly, let's go to Wu Peifu immediately, we must launch an attack as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

The two of them hurriedly came to the general headquarters, at this time, there was only Wu Peifu in the headquarters, and the other generals were all driven out.

"The two of you came, is there something wrong with Lan Shuai again?"

Feng Yong shook his head: "The marshal didn't have any orders, we were just strange, Guangzhou was in front of us, but the Weishenme army stopped, and didn't attack the city immediately?" ”

Wu Peifu said with a smile: "The two of you don't know that Guangzhou is a big city. There are hundreds of thousands of residents, and once the war is raging, the soldiers are in trouble, and the losses of the people are too great, I am arranging personnel to negotiate with Sun Wen, hoping to let them peacefully cede Guangzhou. ”

When Feng Yong heard this, he immediately shook his head: "Chief Wu, look at Sun Wen's behavior over the years, and be greedy for power. It's been the extreme. And to deal with this kind of rebellion, the only way to deal with it is to use a thunderous blow, and the sooner it is resolved, the less losses the people will have, and the more it will be delayed. The more trouble! ”

Xue Ju also said: "We have observed that some Japanese military advisers have come to the city of Guangzhou to guide Sun Wen's troops. Once there is help from the Japanese. If you want to completely eliminate Sun Wen, it will be much more troublesome. As the saying goes, when there are constant interruptions, we hope that Chief Wu can make a decision as soon as possible and take Guangzhou. ”

When Wu Peifu heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy. said loudly: "I am the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, what to do, I know in my heart, I don't need you to point fingers." You'd better weigh yourself and don't think of yourselves as ministers! ”

Feng Yong's face also became bad: "Chief Wu, this time I went south to rebel, and the Feng army wholeheartedly assisted the direct army, and there was absolutely no intention of fighting for power, taking down Guangzhou, eliminating Sun Wen, and unifying the military and government between the north and the south, and maintaining the authority of the central government." Victory was just around the corner, and Chief Wu suddenly stopped moving, which was really incomprehensible. ”

Wu Peifu suddenly sighed, and then said with a wry smile: "Life is in the world, things are often unsatisfactory, and Wu doesn't want to see success or failure, but there are some unspeakable hidden!" ”

Saying that, Wu Peifu sent a telegram to Feng Yong and Xue Ju, Feng Yong took the telegram, took a closer look, and suddenly showed an angry look on his face.

Just a day earlier, the Japanese had officially informed the Beiyang government that they were going to increase their garrisons in Shandong and Fujian to ensure Japanese interests in China. Moreover, it is very vague that China should peacefully resolve the North-South dispute and should not blindly use force to cause social turmoil.

After Feng Yong saw this telegram, he immediately knew in his heart that it was the Japanese who put pressure on Wu Peifu to make him stop.

Xue Ju looked at it, and immediately became angry: "Chief Wu, the Japanese have clearly shown that they are intimidating by force, if they are easily frightened, how can they eliminate Sun Wen and his party, is it just a good opportunity?" ”

Wu Peifu was asked all of a sudden, his face was gloomy and silent, and the atmosphere in the whole room was also very depressed and dull, making him a little out of breath.

At this time, Zhang Fulai hurriedly walked in, reached Wu Peifu's ear, and whispered: "Dashuai, I heard that the Japanese have transported a batch of arms from Taiwan, the amount is quite large, and it is very likely that it is to aid Sun Wen, what do you think should be done?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Peifu's face finally showed anger, he suddenly stood up, came to the front of the telephone in a few steps, and grabbed it. As long as Wu Peifu gave an order, tens of thousands of troops would immediately launch an attack on Guangzhou City and eliminate Sun Wen's party in one fell swoop.

Zhang Fulai, Feng Yong, and Xue Ju were all staring at Wu Peifu to see if he could give this order, but after waiting for a long time, Wu Peifu didn't say a word, he stood in front of the telephone, looking very depressed. Suddenly, he let go of his hand and dropped the microphone, and his whole body instantly became recoiling.

waved his hand weakly, letting everyone else withdraw, Feng Yong and Xue Ju glanced at each other, both disappointed. I thought that Wu Peifu was the only heroic figure in Beiyang, but now that I look at it, it's just like that.

After walking out of the barracks, Xue Ju had a look of contempt and disdain on the corner of his mouth: "Hmph, Wu Ziyu is really a hero in vain, why can't the Japanese put a little pressure on it." Our Fengjun army fortified along the Yalu River, when is it not-for-tat with the Japanese, and we don't even have this bit of heroic spirit, and we still want to recruit special combat teams to work for him, which is simply wishful thinking! ”

Feng Yong is the same: "It's better than not knowing, in this world, I am afraid that only we are handsome if we are really not afraid of foreigners, and we can follow a promising leader, who cares about leading the horse and falling off, it is also a blessing, if you follow a group of sheep and tiger skin rice buckets, even if you are an ancestor, you will not do it!" ”

The two of them returned to the station with a snort, at this time Wu Peifu was also depressed, of course he wanted to eliminate Sun Wen in one fell swoop, but in the face of the threat of the Japanese, there was still no way to turn a blind eye.

The Japanese took advantage of the opportunity of World War I to get Shandong, which directly threatened the security of Beijing. As for the direction of Fujian, it is even closer to Guangdong, and if it continues to fight, will the Japanese army appear on the opposite side. This is something that Wu Peifu can't help but worry about.

Zhang Tinglan dared to fight with the Japanese, but Wu Peifu did not have the courage or strength. He sat in the command center, motionless, as if carved clay sculpture of wood, and after more than an hour, Wu Peifu sighed: "Zhang Shuyan, I can't compare to you!" ”

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"I really didn't expect that Wu Peifu would be like this!" Jiang Fangzhen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "As soon as the Japanese threatened, he didn't dare to deal with Sun Wen." You must know that killing people does not die but becomes an enemy, especially a character like Sun Wen, where can he let it go! ”

Yang Yuting's face was full of anger: "Hmph, there is more than enough success and more failure, we have helped him so much." When he arrived at Zuihou, he was cowardly. Are the Japanese the kings? Is it better to speak than to decree? ”

Jiang Dengxuan said with a wry smile on the side: "Chief of Staff, don't complain, think about it, whether to let Sun Wen go, if you don't want to, Wu Peifu won't be of use." Then it's just us who do it ourselves. ”

Jiang Dengxuan looked at Zhang Tinglan and took the initiative to ask for an order: "Dashuai, I am willing to mention the division of the first brigade and solve Sun Wen!" ”

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand: "Raise troops from the northeast." How long will it take to kill Guangdong, this is not advisable. Don't worry, I have already made arrangements, and Sun Wen will definitely not be able to escape the palm. Neighbor Ge, you go and send a telegram to Wu Peifu, it's okay not to attack, but let him hold out outside Guangzhou for three days to attract Sun Wen's attention. ”

When everyone present heard this, they all showed a look of surprise and joy, the handsome man really had an unexpected opportunity, even if Wu Peifu couldn't use this move, but there was a way to deal with Sun Wen, it was too unexpected!

Everyone's appetite was also adjusted, wanting to know what Zhang Tinglan had arranged, but Zhang Tinglan didn't reveal it at all, they could only scratch their ears and cheeks, and couldn't guess what medicine was sold in the handsome gourd!

In fact, after Wu Peifu received the telegram, he was also very puzzled, judging from the telegram, Zhang Tinglan definitely did not give up dealing with Sun Wen, but being thousands of miles away, what else could he do, it was really doubtful.

Just when everyone was a little skeptical, the city of Guangzhou had become a military camp, Sun Wen had recruited more than 20,000 young and middle-aged people, and the Japanese had sent a batch of arms from Taiwan, all of whom were armed. A large number of fortifications were built in the city, and everything was arranged according to the battle of life and death.

In the original history, at this time, the war between the Japanese and Zhang Zuolin was hot, and Sun Wen had already abandoned it, so he turned to cooperate with Russia. But now that Fengjun and the Japanese are already on the same page, the Japanese feel that they have too few chess pieces in China.

Especially after the conflict with the Feng army, the Japanese wanted to keep a pro-Japanese shili, so they strengthened their support work, hoping that Sun Wen could stay in Guangdong forever, so as to contain the strategic pattern of the whole of China.

The city of Guangzhou was in a state of busyness, arresting people everywhere, building fortifications everywhere, and all kinds of apportionments fell on the heads of the common people, and everyone was miserable.

Just south of the city, there was a small courtyard, surrounded by patrolling sentinels, who guarded it to the death, and did not let anyone come near it. In the small room in the courtyard, Chen Jiongming was fidgeting inside, trembling. A few days ago, Sun Wen approached him to discuss military affairs.

Who knew that after meeting just now, Sun Wen asked him about Deng Keng's surrender, of course Chen Jiongming denied it, but Sun Wen didn't believe it at all, he directly asked Chen Jiongming to be arrested and imprisoned in a small courtyard.

Chen Jiongming's heart was burning like fire, and he was full of anger, he didn't expect Sun Wen to be so decisive, he didn't say anything about it, he knew that this was the case, he should have responded to Fengjun's call immediately, and solved Sun Wen first, how could there be these troubles.

Just when he didn't know what to do, suddenly there was a rustling sound in the ground, and before Chen Jiongming could figure out what was going on, suddenly the soil on the ground collapsed, revealing a black hole.

The hole opened, and a head came out of it, and it was his henchman Deng Keng. When Chen Jiongming saw his old subordinate running in front of him in this way, he couldn't believe it, and almost screamed out loud.

Deng Keng came out of the tunnel, lowered his voice and said: "Old sir, let's go, the brothers are ready, as long as you go out, you will immediately launch an attack on Guangzhou, so that Sun Dacang can also taste the power!" ”

Chen Jiongming also nodded hurriedly, obviously he also hated Sun Wen very much, and hurriedly followed Deng Keng into the tunnel, and quietly left the small courtyard where he was imprisoned.

Just when Chen Jiongming was escaping, on the other hand, Lu Rongting also gathered all his subordinates and said excitedly to everyone: "Just yesterday, Zhang Tinglan, commander-in-chief of the border guards, remitted 2 million military expenses to us, and promised to give me eight heavy artillery. Sun Cannon has been tossed for so many years, and there is no movement, so I simply cooperated with Fengjun to solve Sun Wen, what does the big guy say? ”

"Agreed, no problem!"

Many of these generals of the Gui family also accepted Zhang Tinglan's benefits, and they were already ready to sell Sun Wen for a good price, so they all agreed.

Lu Rongting immediately ordered to contact the Gui army in the city, and the inside and outside should cooperate to take Guangzhou.

After a day's preparations, at dusk at night, fierce artillery fire suddenly sounded in the west of Guangzhou, and countless Gui troops quickly broke through the defense line and entered the city in the firelight.

At the same time, the sound of artillery had already sounded in the east of the city, and Chen Jiongming also led the troops to attack, and the two armies were surging, and Sun Wen's subordinates, who were still in a daze, couldn't figure out what was going on at all, and they were all scattered.

Among Sun Wen's city defense troops, they are basically the armies of Liangguang, and now that the two princes of Lu Rongting and Chen Jiongming are rebelling together, where can his small court be saved. The city of Guangzhou was full of fires, shouts of killing everywhere, Sun Wen's deployment was all disrupted, and the soldiers cried for their fathers and mothers, and ran around.

The city of Guangzhou was full of war, so naturally it could not be concealed from the Beiyang Army, and someone had already reported it to Wu Peifu, and after getting the report, Wu Peifu was immediately stunned. Although he guessed that Zhang Tinglan might have a backhand, he really didn't expect that he had the ability to make the two princes defect, which was too unexpected.

The Japanese patronized and put pressure on Beiyang to keep Sun Wen, but they didn't know that Sun Wen was full of hidden dangers inside, and the mud couldn't support the wall at all!

"Pass my order, the whole army is ready to attack Guangzhou!"

Now that the general trend has gone, Wu Peifu will not be polite, and the Beiyang Army also launched an attack from the north. At this time, Sun Wen finally felt what it meant to be embattled, and his subordinates surrounded him and fled quickly.

At this time, the young Mrs. Sun also accompanied him, at this time there were chaotic soldiers everywhere, and from time to time there were stray bullets flying by, Mrs. Sun took Sun Wen's hand and said solemnly: "China can do without me, but it can't do without you, you can withdraw first!" (To be continued......)