The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Even Zhang Hanqing couldn't help but curse Uncle Wu for being so unreliable. It had been so long since he took office, but he hadn't even cleared out the bandits and robbers near the railway... He was truly like a nobody.

Jiang Cheng was laughing in his heart: Do you think everyone is like me and my trusted generals, who will benefit the people when they serve as officials?
How can the effectiveness of the troops be demonstrated if all the bandits have been wiped out? Besides, Zhang Jinghui's soldiers are different from his own "own soldiers". They can also engage in construction, repair infrastructure, open up military settlements, etc.

The soldiers under the old warlords were just "organized" members of the regular army, and were actually no different from bandits:
They were grabbing land and allowing soldiers to rob, some of their behaviors were even more abominable than those of bandits; the common people in Jinzhou seemed to be fleeing from the war, either running to Dapingzhuang or to Jilin.

Apart from anything else, Siping, with its vast expanse of pine trees, accepted a large number of people from Jinzhou who could not stand the exploitation...not to mention places like Liufangzi in Liaoyuan.

Jin Baosheng and others under Gao Wensheng fled to Xinmin and became soldiers - things like this have not been new in the past six months.

Zhang Hanqing may be a playboy, but when he saw the unusual light and smile in Jiang Cheng's eyes, he could guess that this kid must be thinking something bad again... His face turned dark and he turned around and went back to his own carriage.

Perhaps even God was helping Zhang Jinghui, as the railway was broken for five days.

The engineers of the Kwantung Army repaired the railway for several days before it resumed operation. When Jiang Cheng and his party arrived in Jinzhou, it was four days later than the agreed time.

During this period, Zhang Jinghui asked his wife to take their two sons to take turns visiting the small side courtyard where Duan Zhigui and his daughter lived.

In addition to asking about their well-being, Zhang Jinghui also provided food, drinks and other expenses. He was also extremely diligent and demonstrated the enthusiasm of the Northeastern people to the fullest.

He analyzed the situation in Northeast China to "General Duan" with a sense of justice, telling how the father and son of the Jiang family were despicable and shameless, using power tactics to frame loyal people, and being absurd and lustful, not sparing anyone from eighty to eighty years old...

This not only made Duan Zhigui amazed and puzzled as to why such a small man like Zhang would employ such a person, but even his daughter Duan Xinyu was filled with righteous indignation, cursing how could such an ignorant person at such a young age be able to do such a thing.

Seeing that the father and daughter had been fooled, and that they had mistaken him for a brother after spending a few days together, Zhang Jinghui dismissed his attendants in a blink of an eye, and immediately opened his heart to Duan Zhigui, and even took the opportunity to say that he was willing to join forces with him to deal with Jiang Cheng.

Once he succeeds in stepping down, he will drive this bastard surnamed Jiang out of Jilin. As the fifth brother of the Marshal, he will also support Duan Zhigui to take the position and help him to keep his seat in Jilin, etc...

Duan Zhigui certainly knew that the old man was not so kind-hearted. All his help, including the solicitation and benefits given until today, had a "price" secretly marked on it.

Of course, since Duan can figure this out, he is naturally willing to "cooperate" with him.

Even though he was once a powerful figure outside the Great Wall, that was more than two years ago; his former subordinates have scattered or fled, and even if there are a few still serving outside the Great Wall, it is hard to say whether they are on the same side as him.

When he went to Jilin to take up the post this time, he actually wanted to win over a few frustrated generals in the Fengtian Army and start to disintegrate the little guy Zhang from within... Zhang Jinghui was the first one who took the initiative to come to him.

The two hit it off immediately and recognized each other as brothers right in the room. Duan Zhigui took the other's hand and started calling him "Fifth Brother" as if his mouth was smeared with honey. He also asked his daughter Xinyu to call him "Fifth Uncle".

After another round of greetings, Zhang Jinghui's confidant Wang Baiquan quickly ran in and carefully walked up to him and whispered a few words.

Zhang Jinghui's expression suddenly changed slightly, and he turned his head and said in a low voice, "So soon?" He immediately cast his gaze towards the slightly nervous Duan Zhigui, "Brother, our enemies have come to our house - Jiang Cheng and Zhang Hanqing, with their official document corps and personal soldiers, have come to my Jinzhou!"

really!

Duan Zhigui's face suddenly changed: When he first heard the news, he thought that everything in front of him might be a double act by the little guy Zhang -

After all, he and Feng Delin had played this trick before... But now he and his daughter were trapped in Jinzhou, and he didn't have many good ideas; besides, he had kept his ears open during the past few days in Jinzhou, and he had heard something about the discord between Jiang and Zhang.

Take a gamble.

He stretched out his hands to Zhang Jinghui and shook them tightly: "Fifth brother, I'm leaving this matter to you!"

"After the matter is accomplished, my daughter Xinyu and I will reward you handsomely!"

Seeing that the scheme had finally worked, Zhang Jinghui smiled and shook hands with the other party in a sincere manner. He looked at the beautiful girl again and said "Leave it to me", and asked them to wait in the side yard.

After saying this, he turned around and walked out of the door quickly, shouting to his men to mobilize his personal soldiers, and asked them to notify everyone in Jinzhou to go to the train station to welcome Jiang Cheng, Zhang Hanqing and his party.

Damn you little guy Zhang, you are more sincere to outsiders than to your own brothers, and you even sent your son here!

From the time when Tang Yulin's troops were intercepted to what happened later, Zhang Jinghui had long hated the Marshal. He thought that his own brothers did not help him and always sided with the damn Jiang family, making it difficult for him to get anything out of this rotten place of Jinzhou... while the Jiang family was enjoying a good life in Rehe and Jilin!
Although he was furious, he knew that by forming an alliance with Duan Zhigui this time, he would be able to get rid of Jiang Xiaozi first. Once Duan Zhigui successfully took over Jilin, he would have no shortage of opportunities to deal with the father and son and Zhang Xiaoge.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jinghui showed a sinister smile, but he brought his men to the train station to greet them in person. His bright smile could melt the ice in the cold winter. Holding Zhang Hanqing with one hand and Jiang Cheng with the other, he kept saying, "I've been waiting for you to come. Come to my house quickly. I've asked someone to prepare a banquet to welcome you."

Zhang Hanqing was naturally smiling, and Jiang Cheng, Yang Yuting and others, surrounded by the other party's confidants, did not say much except for greetings. Only Guo Maochen, who had a hot temper and seemed to be ignorant of the ways of the world, said in a low voice: "Chief Zhang, we were delayed for a few days. Have you successfully received the person you were supposed to receive?"

Zhang Jinghui, who had a happy expression on his face, immediately restrained his expression and turned around quickly, just in time to meet Guo Guizi's dark and gloomy face.

"Here we are - there's no rush for this, right?"

Zhang Jinghui tried to change the subject, "Eating and drinking won't affect anything."

Guo Maochen didn't mean to save his face, and immediately said coldly: "I'm afraid you're losing your ambition because of playing with things. After all, you have to do serious things!"

Even Jiang Cheng couldn't hold back any longer. He rolled his eyes and was about to respond when Feng Yong smiled and said, "Look at what Maochen said. It seems that Fifth Master is just taking us out to eat and drink, and not doing any work!"

"Please lead the way first. Whether it's important or not, let's talk about it after we get to the mansion!" (End of this chapter)