The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"Are you still pretending with me?"

Zhang Tingshu curled his lips, "Don't think I'm busy all the time, my ears are not idle!"

"When we were in Jinzhou, Feilan, you acted like a hero saving a beautiful girl again..."

Jiang Cheng looked back at him unhappily. This uncle was good in every way except for his careless mouth. He was very much like Cai Yuanming back then.

"Hey, you have nothing to do, right? Why are you saying all this in front of Hui Xin... Besides, if Xue Er hears this, I'll have to kneel on the washboard."

Zhang Tingshu smiled proudly: "Oh, from what you said, you are still quite henpecked? If you are really so afraid of my sister, spend more time with her in the future."

"This girl usually doesn't tell me anything, but I'm the one who always asks her... You're usually too busy, and you don't even ask your two wives."

That's true. When I was "conquering the world" before, I paid too little attention to my wives.

He turned around and looked at Hai Huixin with a guilty conscience, but the latter immediately smiled and said, "It's okay! Xue'er and I know everything. We both know that you are busy."

"We will take care of the home and the children, so that you don't have to worry about anything and have a place to rest peacefully."

Jiang Cheng was deeply moved, but before he could say anything, Zhang Tingshu on the side envied him: "Look at these wise women, I really envy them——"

Jiang Cheng raised his hand and punched him: "I think I really need to talk to my father. I have to arrange a virtuous wife for you, haha..."

Joking aside, the topic turned to the navy:
The leaders of the army now are the Hai father and son and Jiang Dengxuan, and as in-laws, Jiang Cheng will naturally share the burden of the navy with the Zhang brothers.

The brothers Tinglan and Tingshu must go. Besides, since Jiang Cheng trusts them, he has to pretend to be "naval independent" and let them draw up a list in the Jilin Army or the academy.

Zhang Tingshu was naturally happy about this kind of thing and took on the task immediately.

The next morning, the mansion was bustling with activity. In addition to the chefs and other people sent by the hotel, a drama troupe also set up a stage in the Nanhu Waterside Pavilion in the back garden; everywhere was a scene of great bustle and excitement.

It was rare to have a good night's sleep. Jiang Cheng stayed at Zhang Tingxue's house last night. The two of them were passionate and tossing and turning until late at night. They only woke up when they heard faint noises in the garden.

"It's already this time?"

Jiang Cheng reached out and took out his pocket watch from the bedside table, only to find that his arm was hurt by his wife's pressure.

"You little lazy cat, why don't you get up now?"

Jiang Cheng lowered his eyebrows and scratched the tip of her nose as she smiled and slept, then he grabbed her shirt and got up to wash.

A servant who must have been in the coat room noticed that his master had woken up and knocked on the door gently: "Master, Master..."

Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows and walked over quickly. Seeing the new housekeeper Luo Rong looking flustered, he asked, "What happened?"

Luo Rong hurriedly handed over a stack of telegrams: "Sir, Commander Hai and his men have sent a telegram!"

Jiang Cheng glared at him and said, "How do you do things? I have already told you that the UDM on the front line must be reported immediately!"

Luo Rong lowered his head even lower in fear: "Yes, yes, yes... I'll know later! This, this is because I was thinking that you haven't had a good night's sleep at home for a long time, so..." Jiang Cheng waved his hand impatiently to interrupt him: "Come on, stop talking nonsense, and do your job quickly! It's really... your father didn't teach you well,"

But when he said this, he suddenly found that the young new housekeeper's eyes were slightly red, and he couldn't help but frowned again, "What's the matter, I don't think it's necessary to say a few words to you? As a gentleman, I can't even bleed for your golden beans!"

However, after he finished speaking, the young man in his early twenties knelt down and sobbed, "Master, today is a good day in a prosperous era, I shouldn't be unlucky - wuwu, but my father's illness is really not getting better!"

Jiang Cheng was surprised, and at this time Zhang Tingxue also stood up. Seeing his appearance, she also gathered her curly hair and asked:

It turned out that Luo Zhen had been ill since the beginning of the year, but he was afraid of causing trouble to his employer, so he kept taking medicine... Later, when he couldn't bear it anymore, he called his son back from the interior.

"He has been ill for more than half a year now, and he has taken a lot of medicine. Sister Xin has been taking care of him, and my father even found a doctor from Rehe, but - oh!"

Zhang Tingxue had a sad look on her face, and she tapped his shoulder with her fingertips, "Get up quickly, our master doesn't blame you! You were worried about Old Butler Luo when he was ill, and you were also concerned about all the big and small things in the mansion, so it's possible that you were careless for a while."

After a few words of comfort, he let him go. Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "This Luo Zhen is the steward of the Hai family's ancestral home in Fengtian... He followed us all the way to Siping, Changchun, and all the way to Jilin Prefecture."

Zhang Tingxue sat down beside him and gently held his arm with both hands: "Who said it wasn't true? Humans are not plants or trees, how can we be ignorant and insensitive? Sister Xin was worried about you before, so she kept looking for a doctor for you."

"It's a pity that people say that medicine can't cure fatal diseases. It's all a matter of fate."

Jiang Cheng also sighed. Seeing her cute appearance, he raised his hand and gently pinched her nose: "Go and get dressed up. There are many guests today... My Xue'er must dress up the most beautifully."

Zhang Tingxue smiled shyly, then stood up and walked into the inner room, gathering her hair and giggling, "The prettiest one is not as beautiful as Sister Xin. I always know in my heart who ranks first in your eyes, Feilan."

It seems that it is inevitable for these women to be jealous.

Jiang Cheng didn't answer, but just smiled and shook his head, then turned his gaze to the telegram in his hand.

Hai Pingchuan reported that conflict broke out again with the Japanese in the direction of Hunchun near the port.

The Japs used the excuse that local farmers were obstructing the official road during the autumn harvest and demanded that the territory near their base be ceded as a wartime military settlement. Their reasoning was that food was in short supply on the Siberian front and that the food they had conscripted from Korea could not meet the demand.

Both sides suffered losses, but Hai Pingchuan, with his excellent command and the advantage of terrain, drove away the Japanese who attempted to occupy the land.

"Are you using the same trick the North Koreans used before?"

Jiang Cheng said to himself that the Japanese had previously tricked the Koreans into going to the Northeast to open up wasteland, which caused conflicts between the local people and them, and they used this as an excuse to intervene militarily.

Later, these Koreans were forcibly relocated to Helong, Yanji and other places to open up wasteland, and conflicts have become much less frequent...

So how did the Japanese come up with this recent trouble?

Hai Pingchuan did not write the details in the UMC report - Jiang Cheng licked his lips, and a plan came to mind, and began to look through Jiang Dengxuan's report again.

As October began, the temperature in Vladivostok dropped sharply. The Jilin army lived a relatively comfortable life because they built camps early and collected winter supplies such as cotton-padded clothes, quilts, charcoal, etc.

But the devils in the same area were not so lucky. (End of this chapter)