"Who am I saying? It turned out to be Brother Lingge, how could you, a senior member of the Central Committee, have time to come to the small temple of our Nanjing National Government today? Come, that Secretary Li, go and call all the committee trainees who have just been recruited by the ministry from the School of Foreign Chinese of Nanjing University, this is the senior Yang neighbor Ge Yuting who wants to eliminate our national government to unify the whole country by force! "Wang Zhengting is very kind on weekdays, but if he is really mean, the degree of vitriol is not too much.

Yang Yuting couldn't get angry when he heard Wang Zhengting's words about Sang scolding Huai, so he could only lament with a wry smile on his face: "Brother Confucianism, don't make fun of my brother and me, my brother blushes when he thinks about what happened last time, and this end of people's jobs is naturally doing things for others." If you still remember your brother's hatred, then my brother and I have to kneel down for you. ”

Saying that, Yang Yuting took advantage of the situation to kneel down, and bluffed Wang Zhengting to hold his arms and said: "Brother Lingge, you really killed me, tortured me, just now the old brother was just joking, how can you be a brother seriously?" The past is over, let's sit down and catch up on the past, Secretary Li, tea! Good tea! Soak the Biluochun that Mr. Cao Rulin and Mr. Cao gave me. ”

After a period of greetings and reminiscences, Yang Yuting took the initiative to clarify the topic: "Brother Confucianism, my brother actually went south this time for one thing, that is, I hope that we will have peace between the north and the south and stop fighting." But you see, as soon as I arrived in Shanghai, I received news that your Nationalist Government had reached into Tibet and into the northwest, and it was said that the idea of fighting Outer Mongolia had aroused protests from the foreign powers. If this continues, when will our old China be truly peaceful? ”

Wang Zhengting smiled and said: "Come on, Brother Lingge, don't pretend, I'm about to vomit, when did you Fengjun become pacifists." If the meat-eating animals eat grass, then why do we have to do it together? To be honest, you're just afraid that the Youth Army will continue to go north, right? ”

Yang Yuting was touched as soon as he opened, and he couldn't help but be shocked, he tried to restrain himself, neither recognized nor denied Wang Zhengting's words, in short, he pretended to be stupid.

And Wang Zhengting seemed to have expected this a long time ago, he was not in a hurry, raised the teacup and said, "Come, drink tea, it's very fragrant." Cao Rulin, Chief Cao, you know, Duan Zhiquan's God of Wealth, when Premier Duan was in power, this rich man in Beijing, this master can almost rank in the top three, so the things he sent must be good things. Brother Lingge, we have to do revolutionary work, but we still have to enjoy what we should enjoy, drink tea first. ”

Yang Yuting helplessly picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, which was indeed very fragrant.

After being speechless for a while, Wang Zhengting seemed to have whetted his appetite, and said with a light smile: "Brother Neighbor Ge, you Northeast people are the most realistic, you give me a solid account to my brother, how does the central government want to deal with the current situation now?" ”

"This is naturally to hope for peace between the north and the south and maintain the current situation, and all this hopes that the national government can take into account the overall situation and take the initiative to maintain it" Yang Yuting thought about it, still holding a trace of luck.

Wang Zhengting is a person who has suffered losses, he smiled and said: "Take care of the overall situation? This is right, Brother Neighbor Ge, after drinking tea, I will ask Secretary Li to arrange a special train for you to send you back to Beijing, Xuzhou has been opened to traffic, and your General Zhang Zongchang is very friendly to our national government. ”

Yang Yuting is not a fool, as soon as he heard this, he knew that his request was to fart, and the bottom line gap with the other party was not a little bit. He hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother Rutang, negotiating, it's like bargaining for a sale, I think the price is too high, can't you pay a price?" ”

Wang Zhengting smiled and said nothing, and Yang Yuting hurriedly said: "This Beijing organizes a coalition government, and everyone accounts for half of it?" Or will the presidency be given to you? …… Cousin Confucian, if you have to go to the central government, it will not work to move the capital, but you have to allocate the military expenses of the Feng army, this is the minimum requirement, and I can't talk about it no matter how low it is. Then please trouble Cousin Ru to arrange a special train, and I will go back and ask Zhang Dashuai to resign. ”

Wang Zhengting was almost amused, and when he saw that Yang Yuting's play was almost done, he coughed and said: "Okay, Brother Lingge, brother was just a little tight-chested and inconvenient to speak just now, but you made so many concessions at once." In fact, Wang Dashuai on our side is not as greedy as your Zhang Dashuai, and his interest in your territory is also limited. ”

Yang Yuting vomited blood angrily, and scolded secretly in his heart: "What kind of big-tailed wolf, your Wang Wenzheng is not greedy, almost two-thirds of China is going to enter his stomach, if you want to say that he is not greedy, are there still greedy people in this world?" ”

But you can't say that, Yang Yuting still smiled and said: "Then cousin Confucian, just tell me, what is this Wang Wenzheng Wang Dashuai wanting, whether it succeeds or not, brother, I at least have something to go back to." ”

Wang Zhengting nodded, pressed the bell, and the secretary pushed the door in and said, "Secretary Li, call the confidential office of the communications office to bring the minutes sorted out according to the No. 61 confidential document of the Central Military Commission and show it to Mr. Yang......

At a time when the north-south negotiations were taking place secretly in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, a negotiation was also taking place in the private residence of the Japanese prime minister Terauchi. In addition to Prime Minister Billiken himself, who we all know, the meeting was attended by Takashi Hara, president of the Constitutional Political Friendship Association, Takaaki Kato, president of the Constitutional Council, Takeshi Inu, leader of the Kuomintang Party, Ichiro Honno, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shinpei Goto, Minister of Internal Affairs, Katsuta, Minister of Finance, Vice Admiral Kenichi Oshima, Minister of War, and Senior General Tomozaburo Kato, Minister of the Navy. And in addition to these current domestic giants in Japan, there are several small people who are also allowed to participate.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I would like to ask you to immediately change the current policy of the Imperial Government, stop supporting Zhang Zuolin in China, and immediately find a reason to use the Imperial Army to occupy Manchuria, otherwise the Imperial Continental Policy will be ruined." Seishiro Itagaki, who had just returned from the Shandong battlefield and was allowed to enter the Prime Minister's official residence to attend the meeting, was very bold to speak at the beginning of the meeting, and after speaking, he was in a kneeling position and put his head on the ground.

"Yaga, Itagaki-kun, the face of the Imperial soldiers has been lost to you. In front of the Prime Minister, it is not your turn to be rude and presumptuous, so please apologize immediately to the Prime Minister and other ministers. "The former director of the Army Military Affairs Bureau, the current Tanaka Yoshiichi didn't expect that the Itagaki Seishiro he brought was so out of shape, and while others didn't have a seizure, he first opened his mouth to reprimand loudly. Itagaki Seishiro looked up unmoved as if he didn't know what Tanaka Yoshiichi was thinking, and insisted: "The humble post came back from the battlefield in Xuzhou secretly, that is, he had to tell the decision-makers of the empire what he saw and heard, otherwise the humble post would have committed suicide at the moment of defeat." ”

In fact, in order to help Zhang Zongchang win the Battle of Xuzhou, Japan secretly mobilized more than 1,000 veterans in Shandong to participate in the battle, in addition to nearly 1,000 veteran artillerymen, a total of more than 2,000 people serving in Zhang Zongchang's troops. Originally, he thought that there were so many elite Japanese and Russian troops, and Zhang Zongchang would not lose even if he couldn't win, but he didn't expect that in the three-hour battle, more than 3,000 Russian elite cavalry wearing Fengjun uniforms and 1,000 Japanese elite infantry were unceremoniously wiped out by the youth army after rushing into the elastic defensive position.

The three heavy artillery brigades supported by the Japanese side were also accurately attacked by the artillery of the Youth Army, and 82 of the 144 heavy artillery pieces were destroyed in one go, and the artillery suffered more than 600 casualties. Such tragic casualties made Itagaki Seishiro not believe that what he saw was true, and he couldn't accept it.

Terauchi Masatsuki, who had been sitting upright and not speaking, waved his hand at Yoshiichi Tanaka, the head of the Township Military Association and the Great Japan United Youth League, and asked, "Itagaki-kun, what do you have to tell us about these old men?" ”

Seishiro Itagaki tried hard to wipe away the tears that had already flowed from his nose, and raised his head and said: "The combat effectiveness of the South China Army is not far from that of the Imperial Army, and even their performance in defensive operations is better than that of the Imperial Army, so we can't continue to play the trick of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight." After seeing the combat effectiveness of the South China army, Zhang Zuolin in the north will soon lose control of the situation, and once the South China launches the Northern Expedition, the Feng army will inevitably be defeated, at this time we must put forward troops to control Manchuria, and then rely on the powerful navy of the empire to control the Bohai Bay. As long as we control the Liaoxi Corridor, Manchuria will be imperial, and no matter how strong the South China army is, there is nothing to be done about it. ”

Terauchi Masashi touched the beard on his chin, looked at Itagaki Seishiro with a sad face and said, "Itagaki-kun, how strong is the combat effectiveness of the army in South China?" Why are you so alarmed? ”

Itagaki Seishiro knew that his words had aroused the interest of the upper echelons of the empire, and he tried to calm his agitation, and then replied loudly: "They seem to be very good at the construction of civil fortifications, their soldiers are very disciplined in battle, and all the fortifications are very strong and reasonable; In actual combat, they did not have the bad habit of other Chinese troops firing from a distance, nor did they have the habit of emphasizing individual bravery, and in battle, they paid great attention to the firepower coordination between squads and platoons, and the effective killing and wounding of enemy troops even exceeded that of the imperial army. Like us, they attached great importance to the use of grenades, and even more fatally, they seemed to have the help of the British and French, and the combat level of their artillery, most likely, had already surpassed the ...... of the Imperial Army"

The more the guests in the mansion listened, the more frowning their brows became, and their hearts changed from initial suspicion to worry