Early morning. Beiping Nanyuan, the military headquarters of the 29th Army, Song Zheyuan, Tong Linge, and Qin Dechun sat together, with an unprecedented solemn look on their faces.

After the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident, Matsui Kutaro immediately aimed the spearhead directly at the 29th Army, although the other party's conspiracy did not succeed due to the resourcefulness of staff officer Li Gan, but judging from the current situation, no matter how far the Japanese army and the Cadet Army will fight next, the 29th Army will not be able to avoid being implicated. After all, the area around Beiping still belongs to the territory of the 29th Army, and after all, the 29th Army still belongs to the National Army.

The contradiction between the Japanese army and the student army was irreconcilable in Song Zheyuan's view. The Japanese have been waiting for it since the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they are definitely not only planning the three northeastern provinces, which he and Tong Linge and others can always see. It is precisely because he sees this that he will take great pains to develop armaments and expand his strength. If it weren't for Ouyang Yun's appearance, the current 29th Army would be the most powerful existence in North China. The Northwest Army has never lacked generals in military command, nor has it lacked a sound military guiding ideology, but due to fate and specific historical reasons, it has always been economically and geographically restricted, and thus has not been able to thrive. And just when the 29th Army had the coveted territory and began to develop vigorously, Ouyang Yun appeared, and then the Cadet Army appeared - sometimes, when Song Zheyuan stayed quietly alone, he would feel a little inexplicable indignation. Ouyang Yun's appearance was abrupt, this person, he didn't pay too much attention to it, but who knew that in just one year, he and his apprentice army were able to develop to the current scale.

The relationship between Song Zheyuan and Ouyang Yun was good from the beginning, and at that time, as a superior, Song Zheyuan also took great care of Ouyang Yun, and once helped him solve many problems. However, the situation later turned out to be unexpected and out of control. Although, in the process of growing up in the Scholar Army, both the 29th Army and him Song Zheyuan have gained a lot of benefits, but now, this benefit is no longer enough to hide the sense of loss brought to him by the too strong Cadet Army. Thinking about it from another angle, this student army should have belonged to the 29th Army, belonging to him Song Zheyuan, not to mention the 59th Army that has just been formed.

No matter what Song Zheyuan had about Ouyang Yun and the Scholar Army, there was one thing he had to admire, that is, the Scholar Army and Ouyang Yun's determination to resist Japan. And because of this, he believed that sooner or later the Japanese would play a big game with the cadet army.

Song Zheyuan knew very well that once the Japanese army and the student army started a war, the 29th Army would definitely stand on the side of the student army in the end. Of course, the timing of this "station" is quite worth considering, and if the time is right, then the 29th Army is very likely to have another glorious march into Pingjin, and once the timing is wrong, it is possible that not only will you not be able to eat mutton, but you will also get into trouble. Because of such a calculation, he did not agree with the words of staff officer Li Gan in response to Matsui's criticism, and in order to make up for it afterwards, he not only allowed the Japanese army to easily occupy Fengtai, but also asked Qin Dechun to visit Jin Bihui and made a gesture of goodwill. I don't know if Lu Dao has shown his kindness, so this Jin Bihui actually took the lead as a villain and did such a thing - after an adjutant brought tea to the three of them, Qin Dechun looked at Song Zheyuan and asked, "Junzuo, is the matter true?" ”

"Matter" refers to the "Thirteenth Master" Huang Zhenhai's hijacking of the reconnaissance personnel of the Cadet Army. Song Zheyuan only got up this morning, and the supreme commander of the Gaobeidian garrison, the head of a certain regiment, rushed over with two parties, Wang Lu and Zhang Xiaosi, to report the situation. Speaking of which, thanks to the carefulness of Wang Lu and Zhang Xiaosi, after Huang Zhenhai took Wang Fei and the two away, the two of them searched with flashlights at the place where the conflict occurred, and found a meal ticket for the Cadet Army. This meal ticket was deliberately left by Wang Fei to warn his comrades behind, and was picked up by Wang Lu and others, they didn't dare to slack off at that time, and immediately reported to Lu Shang layer by layer, and passed it to **, who was familiar with the delicate relationship between the Xuebing Army and the 29th Army, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he rushed over directly by truck.

Since the 29th Army was assigned a lot of territory and establishment, in order to maintain the structure of the army, and also to maintain a certain deterrent effect against Japan and even the student army, it recruited a lot of miscellaneous troops in Beiping. And this Huang Zhenhai and his subordinates are one of them, of course, Huang Zhenhai can become the brigade commander of the security forces, which is not unrelated to his connections, wealth, and means.

Song Zheyuan nodded slowly and said: "According to the account of that little soldier Wang Lu, there were scouts sent over after the Xuebing Army, but I didn't see the previous two, and there was no movement after they went back. I think the reason why they sent reconnaissance personnel in the direction of Gaobeidian seems to be to transfer the regiment that originally went straight to Wanping to Fengtai. It stands to reason that they should follow the route we have drawn when walking in the territory under our army's jurisdiction, but it is understandable that they have made such adjustments. Of course, we could have used this to negotiate with them, but we didn't expect this Huang Zhenhai to be so nonsense, no matter what the student army said, it was all about protecting the family and defending the country, and Huang Zhenhai's personal behavior must have thought that it was the meaning of our 29th Army in the eyes of outsiders - now, we are completely passive. ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and when he heard the words "personal behavior", Tong Linge, who had always had a solemn expression, opened his eyebrows and said: "This matter is not difficult to deal with, as long as it is confirmed that this is indeed Huang Zhenhai's personal behavior, I don't think Ouyang Yun should get to the bottom of it." He is a smart man, and he should know that on the North China issue, his only student army will definitely not be able to withstand the all-out attack of the Kwantung Army. I'm more worried about who told Huang Zhenhai to do this, what he wanted to do, and where are the two captive Cadet soldiers, and are they still alive? ”

Tong Linge's words can be said to hit the crux of the problem at once. After saying this, he looked up at Song Zheyuan with an inquiring look. Tong and Qin, including Song, they actually know who is behind Huang Zhenhai, of course, Song Zheyuan has not pointed out this question for what he wants, and he has a deeper consideration. However, in Tong Linge's view, under the current situation, Song should no longer have this consideration. Since the Japanese caused this incident, it is obviously impossible for the purpose of expelling the student soldiers alone, and the real purpose behind it is actually to occupy North China. And that Jin Bihui, no matter what kind of promises and performances she makes, there is no doubt about one thing - as a dog of the Japanese, everything she does is actually for the service of the Japanese. In Tong Linge's view, Song still had illusions about this shameless woman at this time, and he wanted to profit from this incident, which was really tantamount to asking for fish from fate.