The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 432 Estrangement
In January 1918, Wu Ziyu went south to Xiangyang and won successive victories together with Sun Liechen and Ji Jinchun who were surrounding the place.

Xiaogan, Hankou until the occupation of Changsha on March 3.

However, the capital city appointed Zhang Jingyao as the governor of Hunan and a senior official. Cao Kun only received a "first-class Grand Cordon Baoguang Jiahe Medal", while Wu Peifu received a "second-class Grand Cordon Baoguang Jiahe Medal" as encouragement.

They were the ones who fought the war, but the fruits of victory were reaped by others. Cao Saner has been holding this grudge since they returned to Tianjin at the end of April.

"Feilan, you and I were talking about the cargo ship in Qinhuangdao, why are you talking about these things again?"

In the eyes of Cao Kun and his cronies, Jiang Cheng mentioned this matter at this moment purely to mock him.

You're just a kid with your hair barely grown out. Not only did you come to my territory and kill people, but you also spoke rudely and mocked me?
Just when he was feeling even more unhappy, Jiang Cheng calmly winked at Wang Junshan beside him.

The latter got the signal and immediately adjusted his sitting position. After introducing himself, he immediately said, "Master Cao, before we entered the customs, we received a secret order saying that Master Wu had stopped our equipment and was testing whether Jilin would send troops."

"While he was in Hunan, he conspired with Sun Liuye to divide up Hankou, Xiaogan, Wuhan and other places—"

After hearing this, Cao Kun remained calm on the surface;

But no matter how calm these confidants behind him pretended to be, Jiang Cheng, who was good at observing people's words and expressions, could still catch their emotional changes.

"My sixth uncle once said that although Marshal Yu had plenty of money and food, he was reluctant to march south because he was unable to supply enough money and weapons when attacking Jiangsu."

Jiang Cheng pretended to be heartbroken and said, "At that time, there were many voices in my Fengtian Army who opposed the southward march. In the end, it was the commander who overruled the crowd and ordered Ji Jinchun to advance—"

"First there was Zhang Jingyao picking peaches, and then there were southern barbarians like Li Chun."

"I shouldn't say this, if the commander-in-chief backed off because of Wu Ziyu's inaction... Third Master, can you still hold on to your position as the governor of Zhili?"

These words were like a huge bomb dropped among these Zhili warlords, making everyone tremble with fear!
"Jiang Feilan, what exactly do you mean by this?"

Cao Kun only felt a layer of sweat on his vest.

Yes, if I can unite with little Zhang, why can’t Wu Ziyu?
Before the army was called up, the people in the capital praised him highly. Everyone from Feng Huafu to Liang Shiyi seemed to be trying to win him over...

And now, before attacking Hunan, he had conspired with Sun Liechen. Isn't this——

Wait, my thoughts came to an abrupt halt when I looked into the eyes of the young Jilin governor.

The pupils, which had been dilated due to deep thought, slowly began to gather into a sharp point.

Cao Kun suddenly sneered in his heart: You bastard Jiang Feilan!
He's trying to confuse me with his words, telling me that Zi Yu is a rebel and is trying to divide us as master and servant, right?

You are a little naive to try to sow discord between us.

However, his successive emotional changes were all captured by Jiang Cheng.

Then he looked at the staff members who looked unhappy, and Jiang Cheng smiled calmly and said, "Third Master, let's stop talking about this." "In fact, it is of no benefit to me to make things clear... After all, we are the Zhi and Feng families, and we still have an alliance and family relationship, right? I have said this today, if Third Master likes to listen, then listen, if not, then just treat it as a fart, haha."

These words made Cao Kun smile: "Hahaha, my nephew's character is really likable - no wonder Yu Ting and Fu Chen admire him."

"Come on, come on..."

As he spoke, the old man actually took out a gold pocket watch and said, "Look, my dear nephew, you came to my house, but I didn't even prepare a gift for you... This watch is said to be a sacred object in the palace. It passed through several hands and ended up in my hands. I am giving it to you today!"

The words are polite, and the stuff is really good.

However, Jiang Cheng repeatedly said that he would not accept gifts without doing anything, and besides, he had not prepared any good gifts... After a lot of hesitation, Jiang Cheng finally accepted the big gold watch. Cao Kun also said that since he was here, he must stay in his house for a few more days.

He turned around and made a fuss, like an old fool, shouting that his original wife had arranged for Jiang Cheng to stay, and had chosen the best room for him to eat, drink and have fun, and had also asked his sons to accompany him, etc.

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and did not refuse, and stayed with Wang Junshan and Guo Xipeng.

They had a wonderful welcoming banquet that night. Cao Kun left first, saying he had something to do. Cao Shiyue, who had come to accompany them, was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits when he heard that this man was the young military governor outside the Great Wall.

Those who have read Jiang Cheng's wild essays probably know that Cao Kun has three sons, and Cao Shiyue is the most brainless one. Chunchun is what modern people call "the stupid son of a landlord", and he is the one who hangs out in the Eight Great Hutongs whenever he has nothing to do.

With just a few words, he found out that this guy was exactly as the one rumored. Jiang Cheng immediately acted like a playboy like he usually does and insisted on dragging him to a brothel to play with women and smoke opium.

Cao Shiyue was usually strictly controlled by his parents, and he did all these things in secret. When he heard this, he felt very excited and immediately hugged his father Feilan and called him Brother.

Who would have thought that after two rounds of smoking, Jiang Cheng, feeling dizzy, pushed a letter he had already written under the man's body, called his confidants and quietly slipped out of the back door of the opium den.

After riding all the way out of Shanhaiguan, they changed to the South Manchuria Railway to Fengtian.

Only then did Jiang Cheng feel relieved to take off his disguise: "Damn it, no wonder our master said that the water inside the pass is deep and muddy... The small city of Tianjin is a place with a lot of complicated forces!"

Hearing his words, Guo Xipeng opened the window of the single room a little: "Master Jiang, I still don't understand why you have to meet this Cao this time?"

"Hasn't our ship already left Qinhuangdao? This trip is quite dangerous - I really don't understand your intention!"

If you can see clearly, aren't you also a time traveler?

Jiang Cheng picked up the European-style teacup in the single room and slowly stirred the black tea with a silver spoon: "Well, this tea tastes like the best quality from Ceylon, right? Hehe——"

"The fact that you two can see the danger shows one thing... The Zhi army is just a short-term partner for us. We can form an alliance with them and use them, but we just can't trust them."

He took two sips, put down his teacup and continued, "Wu Peifu is too much of a bully. He detained the boat and refused to unload the cargo, forcing us to go north through Yingkou... We don't know how much we will be blackmailed by the Japanese."

"Just imagine, if we go through Yingkou every time, it's fine if we spend more money; what I'm really afraid of is that the ships we cooperate with are all foreigners, and they frequently ship foreign goods, including military products and advanced equipment. If they are targeted by the Japanese, I don't know how much unnecessary trouble we will cause in the future!"

(End of this chapter)