Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Xu Wenqiang is also a very realistic person who has a very thorough understanding of the situation.

With warlords fighting each other, anything can happen.

Mutual betrayal has happened countless times.

So, no one can be trusted.

Moreover, the Northeast Army was originally one of the most powerful warlords in the Republic of China. It was powerful and had ambitions to annex the entire country.

This kind of warlord must never be underestimated.

No matter how good your relationship with him is, you still have to be careful.

This is what Xu Wenqiang thinks.

After listening to Xu Wenqiang's words, Ye Yunfei glanced at him and said, "Wenqiang is right. It is not wrong to be on guard against others. It is right to be vigilant against anyone."

"The Northeastern Army is indeed not allowed to enter Shanghai, and no other troops are allowed to enter Shanghai."

"However, there is no need to rush for now, because it is not certain whether the Northeast Army will come or not. We will decide based on the situation at that time."

Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li both nodded.

Now, it depends on what Wu Fatian will do.

……

Outside Shanghai, among Wu Fatian’s army.

Wu Fatian and several of his generals, as well as Jiangbei Governor Li Chong and Jiangnan Governor Zhao Mingfei, gathered together.

Wu Fatian said, “Three days have passed, and Ye Yunfei hasn’t made any moves yet. It’s obvious that he doesn’t want to give up Shanghai. If that’s the case, then I won’t be polite.”

"Tomorrow morning, we will attack Shanghai directly. I want to take Shanghai directly."

Seeing that Ye Yunfei was not going to give up Shanghai, Wu Fatian decided to seize Shanghai by force.

Anyway, his target is Shanghai, and he will never give up until he gets it.

Li Chong said: "This should have been done a long time ago, Commander. I feel that you shouldn't have given him three days. The best option is to just attack directly and forcefully."

"Ye Yunfei is a piece of stone in the toilet, smelly and hard. He will never obey. It would be best to kill him directly."

Wu Fatian said: "No matter what, we have to give him a chance, what if he agrees to give up Shanghai?"

"This guy has more than 200,000 men under his command. If a fight breaks out, it will be difficult to deal with him. If we can avoid fighting and make him hand over Shanghai, this is the best way."

"Now that they won't hand it over, we have no choice but to solve it ourselves."

Wu Fatian also had a good idea. He would first use threats and inducements on Ye Yunfei, and then take action if that didn't work.

Otherwise, if we take direct action, the losses will be huge.

Only take action when you have no other choice, so as to minimize the losses.

As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the five southeastern provinces, his judgment and choices of the situation were very accurate.

Li Chong said: "The commander-in-chief is right. Anyway, we have to take action now. I am sure that Ye Yunfei will not be able to hold on for long. He will definitely be captured by the commander-in-chief in the shortest possible time."

Wu Fatian nodded and ordered an attack tomorrow.

At this time, a man in military uniform suddenly walked in and said, "Commander-in-Chief, there is a new situation."

This man is Wu Fatian’s adjutant, Xu Ren.

Wu Fatian said, "What's wrong, Xu Ren?"

Xu Ren said: "Commander, just now Zhang Hanqing from the Northeast suddenly published a statement in the national newspapers. The statement said that the Northeast Army and Longmen will cooperate to form a military alliance. The two sides will cooperate with each other and advance and retreat together."

"If an external enemy launches an attack on one of them, the other will do its utmost to help."

what.

After Xu Ren finished speaking, Wu Fatian was shocked and immediately said, "Where is the newspaper? Let me see it."

Xu Ren took out several newspapers and handed them to Wu Fatian.

Wu Fatian read several newspapers in a row, and they all said exactly the same thing as Xu Ren said, which was that the Northeast Army and Longmen formed a military alliance.

The two sides advance and retreat together and cooperate forever.

"damn it."

After reading the newspaper, Wu Fatian was immediately furious: "What does the Northeast Army mean by this? At this critical moment, they made such a statement. Isn't this deliberately targeting me?"

"I have no grudges against him and his Northeast Army in the past, and we have no hatred today. Why is he suddenly targeting me now? What does he want to do?"

Because this was the critical moment for him to attack Shanghai, and all the domestic warlords knew about it, he sent people to surround Shanghai.

When the Northeast Army issued this statement at this time, even a fool would know that the statement was directed at him.

However, he didn't understand why the Northeast Army wanted to intervene in this matter.

Xu Ren said: "Commander, I asked around. When Zhang Hanqing from the Northeast came to Shanghai before, it was Ye Yunfei who entertained him."

"Not long ago, Ye Yunfei also went to the Northeast. Zhang Hanqing treated him very well. There are even rumors that Ye Yunfei has an ambiguous relationship with Zhang Hanqing's sister Zhang Yunwan."

"Combining the above, the military cooperation between the Northeast Army and Longmen should have been confirmed long ago. It was only this time, Commander, that they issued this statement because of your siege on Shanghai Beach."

"The meaning of their statement is also very clear, which is to intimidate you and prevent you from attacking Shanghai."

Wu Fatian said with a gloomy face: "I really didn't expect that Ye Yunfei and Zhang Hanqing have such a good relationship."

"At this moment, Zhang Hanqing is still willing to come forward to help him. If this happens, things will be troublesome."

"If we attack Shanghai, and Zhang Hanqing leads the Northeast Army here, once they join forces, I will be in a very passive position."

Li Chong said: "Commander Wu, I feel that we should ignore the Northeast Army's statement. Perhaps they are just trying to scare people."

"Besides, even if there is such a statement, what can it do? The Northeastern Army is thousands of miles away from here. It is impossible for them to rush here in such a short time when we attack Shanghai."

"By the time they come, Shanghai will have already been taken by us. What can they do?"

Zhao Mingfei also said: "Yes, the Northeast Army has only issued a statement now. If we are frightened by just this statement, it would be too shameful."

"Now that we have surrounded Shanghai, everyone in the Republic of China knows about it. All the major warlords are watching us."

"Hundreds of thousands of troops are surrounding Shanghai. If they withdraw because of a statement, how can we survive in the Republic of China in the future?"

"And Commander Wu, you are the commander-in-chief of the five southeastern provinces' coalition forces. With such status and position, how can you be controlled by the Northeast Army?"

“Therefore, there is absolutely no retreat.”

Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei, of course, were the ones who least wanted Wu Fatian to retreat.

The two of them also wanted to use Wu Fatian to kill Ye Yunfei.

What would they do if Wu Fatian retreated?

Wu Fatian stared coldly at Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei and said, "What you two said sounds very nice, but let me ask you, if you were to lead your troops to attack Shanghai now, how confident are you that you can take Shanghai?"

"This……"

Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei looked at each other, neither of them knew how to respond.