The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

This was a disaster. In 1916, Duan Zhigui was tricked out of Fengtian by the Marshal and Feng Laosan. He stayed at home in Beijing and raised some soldiers to make a living.

But he never rode a horse again, especially now that he had to travel a long distance from Fengtian to Jilin Prefecture...

Although he did not argue with Zhang Xuecheng and refuse, Duan Zhigui still refused Zhang Xuecheng again and again with an embarrassed look on his face.

But who cares? The personal guards of the second prince of the Northeast quickly surrounded him and set off straight out of the general's mansion.

Marshal Zhang had been secretly disgusted with Duan Zhigui, who didn't know how to advance or retreat, but now, seeing his beloved nephew tormenting him like this, he felt secretly happy.

But looking at his unlucky grin, he turned around and saw Jiang Cheng leading his personal soldiers to slowly carry things downstairs. He couldn't help but step forward and raise his eyebrows and said, "Come here, you little brat!"

Jiang Cheng ran up with a smile on his face, and the Marshal pretended to be angry and scolded him, then asked him what he was up to.

"Master Shuai, this is quite interesting. When my elder brother was here, why did you ask me instead of him?"

Jiang Cheng pretended to be innocent, "You have to ask him what he is going to do!"

The Marshal slapped him lightly on the head with his backhand, curled his lips and glared at him, saying, "Stop pretending to be stupid here!"

"I don't care what you guys are doing. If you really want to trick him, don't dirty your hands..."

However, just as he finished speaking, Jiang Cheng nervously stopped the Marshal from speaking.
The old fox opened his eyes wide at his rudeness, but in a moment he saw Zhang Tingxue coming downstairs with Duan Zhigui's daughter Xinyu.

Jiang Cheng immediately blinked and said that his previous thigh injury had relapsed and he was in severe pain all over his body and was extremely uncomfortable. He could only take the railway back to Jilin Prefecture with the female family members.

"You little bastard."

The Marshal glared at him and curled his lips, then pulled him aside and lowered his voice, "You can toss and turn, but don't kill him."

Jiang Cheng nodded quickly and responded in a low voice, then looked behind him and saw his wife hugging Duan Xinyu, who had a sad look on her face, and whispering softly.

"Jiang... Master Jiang."

When she saw him, Duan Xinyu was polite, but her gentle and lovely face was now filled with unspeakable sorrow.

Jiang Cheng responded casually but had no intention of comforting her. Instead, he winked at his wife and said goodbye to the Marshal.

Surrounded by guards, Jiang Cheng and his party boarded the military train back to Jilin and headed straight for Siping.

The railway between Siping and Changchun has been opened, and the section is under the jurisdiction of the Jilin Army. Jiang Cheng is currently still the actual controller of the entire Jilin Province. With the escort of Songxia from the South Manchuria Railway along the way, there is no problem with safety.

"The Marshal didn't mention Zhang Jinghui at all this time. This shows that his relationship with his fifth brother is just that simple, right?"

Entering his special carriage, Jiang Cheng handed his military cap and coat to Ye Hai, who followed closely behind him, took a deep breath and continued, "And Mr. Shuai doesn't seem to be interested in family affairs..."

Following the Jilin military train to Fengtian to meet the troops were Hai Pingchuan and Zhang Tingshu.

In fact, what the two are most worried about now is Duan Zhigui. After all, this is the most important matter at hand.

But the commander-in-chief's words could not be ignored. After Hai and Zhang looked at each other, Zhang Tingshu spoke first: "Zhang Jinghui is not surprised. Second Master Wu and my father... and Sixth Master jointly sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief. He should know that there are Japanese involved." Hai Pingchuan took over the conversation and nodded, "So the commander-in-chief didn't say anything about this in front of Duan Zhigui, right?"

Jiang Cheng instructed them to sit down together, and then he continued calmly: "In my opinion, after this incident, the commander really wanted to reach out to the interior of the country through Duan Zhigui."

"No matter who is the nominal governor of Jilin, the military and political power are in the hands of our own people - if something goes wrong, he will take the blame, so we just keep him in Jilin Prefecture."

Regardless of whether the Marshal wanted to set foot in the capital or not, Jiang Cheng didn't want to.

After all, nothing is more important than developing his territory:
It was already October, the First World War had ceased, and the Paris Peace Conference was about to be held. Apart from the Chinese delegation refusing to sign the treaty, they had not gained any substantial benefits.

The key point is that the arms embargo on China reached after the meeting has a "strangling" impact on their development.

So far, Jiang Cheng has brought a large number of talents to Jilin with the help of returned overseas students such as Yan Ziwen and Yang Yucheng... and has also had many long-term partners like Fernando, and the seaport has been regained.
At a time like this, he should be exporting large quantities in exchange for equipment, or even production lines - he has no intention of getting involved in the wars among warlords.

"But this Duan Zhigui has a great background, Feilan,"

Zhang Tingshu's words interrupted Jiang Cheng's thoughts. "Don't think that this guy has become a bald commander now. He doesn't even have decent soldiers at hand."

"But it is said that he has good personal relations with many Anhui army generals. I am worried that if you give him the 'name', he will really dare to ask the capital for people and place their forces in Jilin."

Jiang Cheng laughed twice: "Duan Zhigui is ignorant of the current situation. How many people in the Anhui Army are as eager to occupy territory as he is?"

"If you look at Jilin, you will know who is the boss here. Okay, Pingchuan, report to me the situation in Hunchun. Are the Japanese doing anything strange?"

"The overseas Chinese in Yanji and other places are relatively quiet... Brother Chao Liu said that it is freezing cold in October and the fighting in Siberia has ceased."

Hai Pingchuan licked his lips and began to explain the situation to Jiang Cheng one by one:
During the time he was away, the Japanese army did not cause any trouble, but the Japanese residents caused trouble almost every day.

In the overseas Chinese areas designated by Yanji, fights often broke out due to the problem of daily necessities.

However, due to the situation on the front line, no Japanese troops or police currently intend to set foot in this territory.

Yang Hongyi therefore sent troops to suppress the rebellion many times. Although no one was killed, the colonists who were used to taking advantage of the rebellion were often injured. Many of them even began to leave the overseas Chinese area and go to North Korea.

In addition, Hai Pingchuan reported the military affairs of various places to Jiang Cheng one by one. Problems still existed, but they were all minor issues like scabies.

"I think this is a good... entry point."

After listening to the report, Jiang Cheng suddenly seemed to think of something and smiled a slightly evil smile.

When we returned to Jilin Prefecture that day, the weather was freezing cold and there was even a hint of sleet.

Hai Huixin came to pick him up with her family and guards, her beautiful face was red from the cold.

Jiang Cheng was so distressed that he quickly took her hand and led her into the car. He also took off his cape and put it on her, repeatedly asking her why she came in such cold weather. (End of this chapter)