The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 430: This guy has no martial ethics

Two days later, the British cargo ship HMS July, which had gone through numerous dangers and hardships, bypassed the Port of Lushun on the Liaodong Peninsula and headed straight for Yingkou to dock.

At this time, Jiang Cheng, leading the troops of Guo Xipeng and Wang Junshan, had arrived in Tianjin.

The Fengtian Army, which consisted of about a hundred people, was detected by Cao Saner's spies as soon as they appeared in Tianjin.

After hearing the news, this Zhili warlord, who was known as a "fool" in the Beiyang clique, hurriedly ran to the government affairs hall from his newly married concubine's place.

At this moment, the staff in the entire hall were all nervous, and most of the topics were centered around this brat.

Inevitably, some people talked about the "fire-breathing armored vehicle", and some also talked about their new mortars...

Some even said they were familiar with Ye Yiming and described in vivid detail how his entire army was destroyed by Jiang Cheng using foreign machine guns.

Cao Kun rubbed his temples with a troubled look on his face, and cursed the arrogant scholar from Penglai under his command thousands of times in his heart.

Zi Yu, ah Zi Yu, why did you mess with that bastard Jiang Cheng?
"It's all because of that bastard Wu Peifu!"

Just as he closed his eyes and pondered Jiang Cheng's intention, his younger brother Cao Rui suddenly slammed the table and spoke, "Brother, I have long told you that you can't use this man... You have repeatedly promoted him, and you and Ji Jinchun of the Fengtian Army went south to eliminate Xu Shuzheng, so he has lost his mind."

Then his other brother Cao Yan immediately followed up and said, "Yes, I think so! With the assistance of Marshal Zhang, it was only natural that we won the battle..."

"What about him? I'm afraid he has already forgotten everything. He is always proud of himself and his colleagues, and even ignores the seniors."

The commander's two younger brothers expressed their opinions, and the subordinates who had been bullied by Wu Peifu on a daily basis also started to act in a weird way or speak up for justice.

Unlike the rough and crude people in Fengjun, most of the Zhijun were educated in formal schools and even had foreign education. Their words were elegant and rhymed...

But even so, Cao Kun could hear how dissatisfied these people were with their favorite general Wu Peifu.

"Forget it! I've heard you say this so many times that my ears are already callused... How many times have you said things like conceited and self-reliant, and how many times have you said them?"

Cao Kun supported his aching head with one hand and slapped the table with the other hand. "Everyone calls me a fool - but no matter how stupid I am, I can still tell who is close to me and who is distant from me!"

"Zi Yu is usually arrogant, and naturally, some of his achievements do not please everyone... but in the end, he is respectful to me, Cao."

"Speaking of which, there are some truths that you have to understand! You have been scolding Wu Ziyu again and again. Is this beneficial to the current situation?"

"Jiang Feilan has already reached our Tianjin territory. If he really takes out the gun that you mentioned that can beat people into pieces, and the iron car... one by one, who can help me keep the enemy out of Tianjin?"

Not only that, he also repeatedly called himself "fool" by his nickname in the Beiyang government - is he, Cao Kun, a fool? In fact, as a local tyrant who could get to this position, could he be a fool?

The old fellow knew very well that he could rise to the top and control those territories in the direct lineage, all thanks to this Mr. Wu... Even when all his staff, and even his two younger brothers, did not say anything good about him, he still trusted his Marshal Yu.

"We, we-Brother, this is hard to say!"

No one in the entire conference hall said a word, but Cao Yan, who was the first to express his opinion, blushed.

No one dared to say that they could defeat Jiang Cheng. Even after the scouts confirmed again and again that there were only a hundred or so people coming, they did not dare to say that they would "definitely win."

Even though these warlords usually oppressed the common people and were extremely powerful, it was not until the First Zhili-Fengtian War in 1922, when warlords from different factions fought each other, that we saw the scene of people and horses falling to the ground and blood flying everywhere...

This was in 1918. Warlords always insisted on "first courtesy, then force" when fighting. The real fighting lasted only a few days. Some of them started shouting and shooting at each other after a round of charge, just like playing a modern turn-based game.

The truly exciting “battle” was that of UMC, also known as the “Telegraph War.”

These days we are still at the stage of scolding each other, but you are really serious about it again and again.

In order to seize territory in your Northeast, you might charge headlong into battle with real weapons, which is understandable;
After passing Shanhaiguan, if you still use this trick...it's a bit unsportsmanlike.

However, the scene of Jiang's random punches killing the master made the Zhi army think it was just the reckless behavior of a young boy.

And two days ago, he took a bunch of heavy weapons that he couldn't even name, and in less than half an hour, he beat Ye Yiming to the point where he was left alone...

This incident woke up the Zhi army commanders who had been sleeping in the "first courtesy, then force" stage.

"Haha, I knew that you guys are all very good at scolding people, but when I really asked you to help me share my worries, you would just shrink back and keep silent."

Cao Kun was really angry this time. He stood up, clasped his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth anxiously in square steps under the gaze of his silent subordinates.

Seeing the coach so angry, how could these guys who are used to talking nonsense keep quiet?

At that moment, everyone started to scold Jiang Cheng for being immoral and ignorant of the rules... In a nutshell, if you let him come, I will send a telegram to scold him to death.

Cao Kun was now suffering from brain hypoxia, and felt as if he was crying out to the heavens but no one would answer him...

They are all a bunch of useless people. They still need my Zi Yu to do anything for them!
But Jiang Cheng came so quickly, and he is still outside the capital. Even if he is transferred to Tianjin, it won’t be so fast...

It's all because of you who misled the young man. You insisted that he was disobedient and asked him to guard the gate of North China... Now look what's wrong. Who will come to rescue us when our internal defense is in trouble?

He was casting his angry eyes at his aides one by one, but they quickly avoided his gaze one by one.

"Third Master, what do you think...should we use that little guy Zhang to warn Jiang Feilan?"

At this time, at the end of the long table, an aide named Ji responded softly.

"Yes, I think this is really possible!"

Cao Rui slammed the table and stood up excitedly, "Brother, I think you should find that little guy and give this wild boy who doesn't know the rules a good beating!"

Cao Kun glared at him: This kid has come straight to Tianjin, maybe it was Little Zhang's intention, I will find him to teach him a lesson...

But then again, even if this idea seemed extremely bad to him, he had no other choice for the time being.

Cao Kun gritted his teeth silently and just as he turned his gaze to the telephone extension in the conference room, that thing suddenly started to work.

It’s Marshal Zhang calling.

(End of this chapter)