Tianjin, the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in North China, Umezu Mijiro stood in front of the chair with a gloomy face, and in front of the desk, a Japanese Lang man lowered his head and whispered something.

The Japanese Lang named Ishikawa Ichinomiya, the head of the Tianjin Hall of the Black Dragon Society, Umezu Mijiro specially called him to ask about the "Emperor's Offering Gold". In the early hours of this morning, when he learned that the gendarme Goto squad that ambushed Ouyang Yun's convoy was completely wiped out and all of them had their heads cut off, Umezu was so angry at first, and when he calmed down and thought about it, he felt that he had underestimated the enemy, and the background of this "anti-Japanese double hero" must not be as simple as it seems on the surface. The Kuomintang's "Blue Coat Society" is a national revival society that Lao Chiang did. It's just that He Yingqin has long promised to arrest them and hand them over to the other side, and the Fuxing Society is only the old Jiang Ma, in this case, how can Ouyang Yun, a young man, dare to be so presumptuous? Could it be that there are other forces behind him to support him? Song Zheyuan? This old guy doesn't seem to have the guts, he has been calculated by Tu Feiyuan, and now he has even lost the chairman of Chahar Province, so who will it be? Umezu couldn't figure it out, so he made a phone call to Tu Hihara to hear the old spy's opinion.

Tu Feiyuan, who was worthy of being a spy leader specializing in intrigue and trickery, immediately pointed out the main points, believing that the "anti-Japanese duo" must have received the support of the young Zhuang faction of the Chinese military, and at the same time told him a piece of information: The money that Ouyang Yun used to buy arms came from the "donation money" raised for the emperor by the Beiping Guild of the Black Dragon Society.

The Black Dragon Society's Beiping Branch Library is all in the hands of Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange, and the only girl who escaped is Tu Feiyuan's subordinates, Umezu doesn't know anything about it, because the matter of "dedication money" involves the "emperor", he didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly called Ishikawa Ichinomiya to ask, which led to the above scene.

"Eight grids!" Knowing that the money Ouyang Yun used to buy arms did indeed come from the emperor's donation, Umezu was annoyed and angry, and the Japanese scolded and blurted out.

Ishikawa looked at him respectfully, and his head hung even lower in his scolding, as if he was the one who lost the dedication.

Umezu gritted his teeth, forced himself to hold back his anger, waved his hand and said to Ishikawa, "You go." ”

Not long after Ishikawa left, Umezu was pacing around the office and thinking about what to do, when the guards outside shouted loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Takashi Sakai, Chief of Staff, has returned." ”

Then, Takashi Sakai, who was in the dust, walked in with a young officer. As soon as the young officer saw Umezu, he immediately saluted respectfully and said, "Takahashi Tan, deputy military attache of the Imperial Legation in Peiping, has seen Your Excellency the Commander. ”

As soon as Sakai Takashi returned to the headquarters, he learned from his subordinates about the failure of the ambush last night, because the ambush plan was formulated by the General Staff, so he felt that he had no face, his face was dark, and after saluting Umezu, he said angrily: "He Yingqin, this bastard, swears that he is trying his best to arrest the murderers, but let them run under our noses to spread wild, He's conscience is too bad!" ”

Takahashi Tan stepped forward, bowed respectfully to Umezu, and said ashamedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm very sorry that I brought a very bad news. ”

"Huh?" Umezu's brows furrowed even tighter, and his heart said What's going on today? Is it really in response to the Chinese's afterwords: Blessing is incomparable, and disaster is not a single line! Is this guy from the Peking Legation here specifically to report bad news?

"We only got the news from the Tufeiyuan secret service yesterday that the donation money raised by the Beiping Branch of the Black Dragon Society for His Majesty the Emperor actually fell to Ouyang Yun and Chutian Singer. Your Excellency, this donation is quite large, and if it falls into the hands of those two people, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Umezu had a cold face and said coldly: "I already know about the donation money, Takahashi-kun, please rest assured, I will definitely find a way to solve it, Sakai, let's talk about the negotiation first." ”

"Hey, I have handed over the memorandum to He Yingqin in person, and the Chinese side has fully agreed to our conditions, however, regarding the arrest of the two murderers of the '426 tragedy', it seems that we must do it ourselves, I can see that although He Yingqin is currently the highest-ranking chief executive in North China, he does not have a direct subordinate army, he just wants to really arrest people, and he does not have the strength. Your Excellency Commander, I just heard Ono say that the Goto squad is all in the ......."

"Yes, all 35 warriors of the Imperial Army have been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

"This can't be something that the students in the training class can do, right? I think there must be a regular Chinese army intervening! ”

"I just had a phone call with the head of the Tohihara Agency in the morning, and he also confirmed this, and I also learned about the donation from him."

"Commander, Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange, the two Zhina people, must be eradicated, and there is also the student training class of the 25th Division-otherwise, not to mention the face of the imperial army, even the Zhina people who serve us under him will also have ideas."

"However, what if we storm the training class station, and the 25th Division intervenes? That's how we have our troops in Tianjin. ”

"Otherwise, immediately go to the Beiping Legation, ask them to urge He Yingqin to sign immediately, and then order all Chinese troops to leave Hebei before twelve o'clock tonight, and when the training class is disbanded, we will send a gendarmerie team to catch them off guard!" Takashi Sakai said, two small eyes shining behind the lenses.

Umezu thought for a moment and said, "This is a good idea, so let's do it!" Suddenly, he remembered another thing and said, "But in this way, the number of Shi Yousan's puppet army is too small, I'm afraid it is not enough to control Beiping, right?" ”

Shi Yousan was a "surprise soldier" prepared by Umezu for the "autonomy of Beiping", and wanted to take advantage of the withdrawal of the national army and the organs of the Nationalist government from Hebei, so that these traitors would lead people to occupy Beiping and make trouble for Beiping's autonomy. After controlling Beiping, and then gradually controlling the whole of Hebei - it must be admitted that Umezu played beautifully, in this troubled era, whoever has a gun is the emperor Laozi, and Shi Yousan and others are still Chinese, if they really occupy Beiping, then Beiping may really be "autonomous". In order to avoid being caught by the world in the handle of the Japanese army's control behind, the guns of Shi Yousan and others were all purchased by him from the 51st Army at a great price.

This is the real reason why Ma Benqian is willing to be the wronged leader.

Sakai Takashi was anxious to avenge his subordinates and regain the dedication, but he forgot about it, and when he heard Umezu mention it, he thought about it and said: "More than 300 people are indeed a little less, commander, otherwise, let Shi Yousan and others come forward and spend money to invite some small hooligans in Tianjin to help, and then, we will arrange a squadron-sized Imperial Army soldier to secretly assist, in this case, it is impossible to stop them with the police force in Beiping alone." ”

Umezu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Then let's do what the chief of staff says!" After thinking about it, he added: "The soldiers of the imperial army should choose those who can speak Chinese as much as possible, and they must be strictly disciplined, so that they must remember not to reveal their identities." ”

It is very sad to say that the development of the matter turned out as Takashi Sakai had predicted, and under the "urging" of the Japanese, He Yingqin handed over a reply to the personnel of the Japanese Legation in Beiping that afternoon, acknowledging the conditions put forward by the Japanese side, and then immediately sent a telegram to the various units of the Nationalist Army, demanding that they must leave Hebei before 12 o'clock in the evening, and those who violated the order will be dealt with by military law. In the telegram to the 25th Division, it was even more emphasized: The student training class must be disbanded immediately, and all guns and ordnance must be recovered!

The "He-Mei Agreement" was signed so quickly, and even though the top commanders of the various national armies had already known about it, they were still caught off guard. And the most embarrassing thing in this is Ouyang Yun, without it, after Chang Zhian received the order from Shangfeng, he immediately sent someone to inform him, informing him that the car soldiers who helped him contact were hopeless, and warned that he must be careful of the Japanese sneak attack at night, and the sudden signing of the agreement is likely to be played by the Japanese - to drop the 25th Division, so as to attack them.

Sending away Chang Zhi'an's subordinates, Ouyang Yun became a little irritable, if the development of the situation is really like this, then tonight is definitely a very severe test for the Cadet Corps.

He looked at his watch, at four o'clock in the afternoon, if he went to Tianjin City to find a driver now, he should be able to catch a few, if it really didn't work, then ask Song Zheyuan for someone.

made a decision, he called Liu Zheliang and was about to set off, Chang Zhilin sent someone to find the door, this time it was a good thing, due to the rush of time, the 25th Division had not fought in these years, and the accumulated materials were too much, and there was no way to take them away, Chang Zhilin asked for instructions to pass the Lin Zheng, and suggested that it was better to send it to the 29th Army than to destroy it, so he asked Ouyang Yun to organize people to carry it. Ouyang Yun inquired in detail, and learned that there were many old guns and a large amount of ammunition, so he couldn't help but be moved, and said that since it was given to the 29th Army, then he would use it as a favor, and immediately drove a truck to Tianjin City.

When he arrived at the gate of the Song Mansion, he saw cars and rickshaws parked outside, afraid that revealing his whereabouts would cause unnecessary trouble, and when he saw the guards standing at the door, the one on the left was Xiao Li he knew, and he hurriedly beckoned him to come over, and then asked him to invite Guo Biao out, and handed a message to Song Zheyuan through Guo Biao.

Song Zheyuan was perfunctory in the living room at this time, and learned the news that the "Hemei Agreement" had been signed from the traitor's mouth, and his teacup was unstable, and he said in his heart I don't know if what Ouyang Yun said is true or false, will someone call to invite us to Beiping? Thinking about the richness of Beiping and then the barrenness of Chahar, I only felt sour in my heart, and suddenly felt that the phone around me seemed to have spirituality, and I always wanted to jump up and ring loudly.

At this time, Guo Biao walked in and said in his ear: "Military seat, Ouyang Yun is outside, he said that the 25th Division has left a large number of weapons and equipment for the student corps, and the student corps can't be equipped, ask us if we want it?" ”

Song Zheyuan immediately jumped up and said, "Why don't you want it?!" Quick, quick, let him in. ”

"He said that it was inconvenient to come in, and now that the 51st Army is preparing for evacuation, it may not have time to take care of the security in the city."

"In that case, you arrange for some people to go over and guard first, and then pull it over after we enter Beiping-by the way, let Ouyang be careful, the Japanese will definitely retaliate against him."

"Ouyang said that the 25th Division left a few trucks for them, as long as nine drivers were dispatched, he would arrange everything."

Song Zheyuan said very happily: "Then listen to him, you can arrange it, let them bring weapons, Tianjin will definitely not be peaceful in the next few days!" ”

Guo Biao nodded, glanced coldly at the traitors, and went out.