The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 149 Japanese Army Traces
For the Mid-Autumn family dinner, Marshal Zhang invited almost all the celebrities and high-ranking officials from outside the Great Wall to his residence for a grand banquet.

Even Bao Guiqing, the son-in-law who lived far away in Heilongjiang, and Ma Longtan, who had a relapse of his gunshot wound, were present.

However, the third brother Feng Delin, who was the military supervisor of Fengtian Province, claimed to be ill and did not come, and only sent his son Feng Yong with gifts.

The Marshal didn't take this extremely disrespectful behavior to heart at all.

The vast majority of people outside the Great Wall, regardless of whether they were sincere in their support or not, gave Marshal Zhang enough face;
At present, the situation outside the Great Wall is still that of three provinces competing with each other, but his growing strength is a fact that is obvious to all;
Seeing this bustling and prosperous scene, Jiang Cheng had an indescribable strange feeling:
It seems that everyone is born with a false mask, and even every smile and every clink of glasses has a purpose.

Of course, the Jiang family is now very popular. Jiang Lanxuan, who used to be unable to get along with these old-school gangsters;

Now he is seated at the first table, sitting on an equal footing with Wu Junsheng, Sun Liechen and others, and frequently raising his glass. Needless to say, he is very proud of himself.

Jiang Cheng smiled secretly and clinked glasses with the young masters at the same table and chatted.

"Feilan, Jiang Feilan!"

He heard a unfamiliar voice calling him, and when he turned around he saw Liu Runchuan walking towards him with a smile on his face.

He was the most famous commander under Sun Liechen. When he had a conflict with Tang Erhu, he led the cavalry to fight the enemy.
Later, they were ambushed by a gang of local thugs, but Hai Pingchuan led the way out of Xinmin and carried him back.

"Pingchuan is here too!"

Seeing his savior was there, Liu Runchuan smiled even more. "You two rescued me and my brothers before, and donated money and effort to treat me... I haven't thanked you two young heroes properly yet!"

When he said this in front of so many people, Jiang Cheng knew that he really meant to thank him.

Of course, he had to accept the favor, so Jiang Cheng quickly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Captain Liu, please stop being so polite. Come and sit down--"

As he spoke, he pulled a side chair from the side and pulled him to sit down. Then he clinked glasses with him and said with a smile: "It's just a small favor between the brothers in the army! If you are so polite, we two brothers will be ashamed."

After drinking a cup with him, Liu Runchuan was very impressed and said: "Fei Lan's words really make me ashamed... In this day and age, who is as righteous as you?"

"They all want to take advantage of you when they see something good. Seeing you in trouble, they want to kick you when you are down and out, and rush over to steal your soldiers' things..."

After saying that, he sighed, shook his head, and smiled, "Forget it, it's a great day, let's not talk about this unpleasant thing, come and have a drink!"

What he said was indeed true - that day Rong Shihong broke into his house and kidnapped the women in his family, and an enraged Jiang Cheng shot him to death when Feng Yong was taking him away.

After all, his military position was there, and Feng Laosan, as his direct superior, wanted the Marshal to question him, but after he "made amends for his mistakes" by "breaking through the pass", no one from top to bottom asked about it anymore...

Instead, Jiang Cheng heard news that several troops near Jinzhou were eyeing the Rong family's fertile land, beautiful house and troops;
There was also a shameless old pervert who went to Jinzhou to discuss marriage, wanting to give Mrs. Rong a second spring...

Absurd things like this are not surprising in this absurd era.

If it weren't for Jiang Cheng's unique vision and ruthless means, the Cai family of Dapingzhuang would probably have suffered the same fate.

"Brother Liu, let's go with one more! I recognize you as my elder brother, and we are like real brothers. From now on, we don't have to talk about these nonsense."

Jiang Cheng filled his glass with wine and introduced the two brothers of the Cai family to him.

"Well, these are your two older brothers, right? I've heard that your unmarried wife is very pretty!"

When Liu Runchuan heard that these were Cai Junheng's sons, he was immediately happy, "When is the wedding date? You must invite me to drink a glass of wedding wine!" "Of course, of course..."

Having said that, Liu Runchuan turned serious again and lowered his voice to Jiang Cheng, "Feilan, there are some things that I, as your brother, have to tell you. You must be more careful!"

Seeing how serious he was, Jiang Cheng exchanged glances with Hai Pingchuan and the others, then stood up and left their seats with Liu Runchuan to sit on the sofa at one side of the venue.

There are only three or two drunken officers here who come to take a breath. It's the best place to talk business.

"My regiment is currently stationed at the West Camp in Fengtian, not far from your Daping Village."

Even in such a secluded place, Liu Runchuan was still very careful when he spoke, "The soldiers patrolling the camp have recently discovered that the Kwantung Army in the Japanese-controlled area of ​​​​Nanman Railway Station seems to be mobilized very frequently-"

"There are traces of them in Xinshi Village and Erliangou."

As he spoke, Jiang Cheng's mind quickly unfolded the military map he and Yang Yucheng had drawn:
The South Manchuria Railway passed through Fengtian, and a large area of ​​Japanese-controlled territory like dog skin moss was formed right next to the station.

Xinshi Village is located in the southeast of Daping Village, about three to five miles away from the Japanese territory;
Liu Runchuan’s regiment headquarters was in the east, separated from Dapingzhuang by Erliangou... The three points of Xinshi Village, Dapingzhuang and Xiyingchang formed an almost perfect equilateral triangle on the map.

"Why would they run out here instead of staying in the territory?"

This is definitely not good news -

After all, he and Cai Yuanming had caught a spy in the village before, and there were still two accomplices who had not been caught...

Now Liu Runchuan found a small notebook nearby. Could it be that,

Jiang Cheng remained calm, but still said sincerely: "Thank you, Brother Liu, for your reminder. We should both stay alert and keep each other informed if we find anything else."

Liu Runchuan nodded silently. At this time, Xu Shuzheng came to the table. He changed the subject without leaving any trace: "Fei Lan, what do you think is the background of this person?"

"I heard that he will be the second in command beside the warlord."

They are Yang Yuting’s old classmates. The 40 million yuan worth of equipment in Qinhuangdao was initiated by these two brothers...

With the equipment, Shuai Ye's power naturally increased greatly, and his and Yang Yuting's worth naturally rose as well.

After answering casually, Jiang Cheng pulled Liu Runchuan to the table to drink again, and did not leave until the banquet was over.

Shou Yi and Yu Fengzhi held him back and gave him a lot of precious supplements such as bird's nests and donkey-hide gelatin. They also said that they would come to their house in the next few days to tailor-make wedding clothes for them in preparation for the wedding.

Jiang Cheng and the Cai brothers were of course very grateful. While the wedding was put on the agenda, Liu Runchuan's reminder also made the atmosphere in Dapingzhuang tense.

The frequency of patrols has doubled, business hours for shops have been shortened, and entry and exit in Dapingzhuang must be based on a "road permit" -

"I wonder if we should also issue some travel permits to the merchants?"

Cai Yuanzong suggested to Jiang Cheng, "Several wealthy businessmen came to me with the president earlier, saying that due to the issue of road permits, the business in the street market has been much worse recently."

(End of this chapter)