The Republic of Heroes

In the end, the meeting originally scheduled for the [-]th was postponed, and the time entered December. The two armies of Wu and Jiang were stalemate on the Anhui battlefield, and everyone's eyes were fixed on it.But a piece of news quickly disturbed their eyes.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the deposed emperor Puyi ascended the throne and became the emperor of Manchuria..."

On the first morning of December, the yelling of the newsboy along the street was particularly harsh. The time he got the news and the time the newspaper office got the news was not a day different, but this matter must have been planned by the Japanese for more than a few days. His information For the first time, the system lagged behind. To a large extent, it was not that his intelligence system had degraded. It should be said that the Japanese were too concerned about this matter.

The matter of stealing Puyi was done without anyone noticing, and nothing leaked. It was not until yesterday that Puyi ascended the throne in Xinjing, that is, Changchun, that his whereabouts became known to the world.It seems that he has not woken up from his dream of restoring the Qing Dynasty. If he knew that what awaited him would be a humiliating puppet and ten years behind bars, would he still choose to be the emperor of Manchuria?

Wu Xiaoliang believes that Puyi will definitely make the same choice without hesitation, because the future is always unknown, and his obsession with the Qing Dynasty will make him ignore all possible risks.Just like Shanqi, Prince Su, the hard-core Qing court survivor, who is also the biological father of the well-known Yoshiko Kawashima, when he left the customs in the Qing Dynasty, he once wrote a poem with a complicated mentality "You Yan is not my homeland, and I will return to Liaodong with a long cry". After all, they don't see their own homeland, so it is their inevitable tragedy to plunge into the Spring and Autumn Dream of restoring the country.

The cries all over the street did not dissipate until noon. At this time, the whole city of Nanjing probably knew the news of the founding of Manchukuo. Wu Xiaoliang had no time to feel sorry for Puyi's future. After being hit, he has suffered one after another in the past year, and he has not stopped.If, because he couldn't defend against the attack, he made some outrageous actions such as going to the field, it would have a serious impact on his layout.

Unexpectedly, after noon, Zhang Xueliang came to the place where Wu Xiaoliang was staying as usual, and it looked as if nothing had happened on the surface, and the two of them were shabby for a while as usual.Wu Xiaoliang finally couldn't hold back, and smelled directly:

"Puyi proclaims himself emperor in the Northeast, what's Hanqing's plan?"

Zhang Xueliang's eyes dimmed for a while, and he sighed.

"Pu Yi has the support of the Japanese, and I cannot fight alone. The only way to deal with the current situation is to end the civil war as soon as possible, so that the whole country can unite in the resistance against Japan."

This remark surprised Wu Xiaoliang. It seems that Zhang Xueliang's vision is better than ordinary people. Although most people in this era realize that the Japanese are a threat, they never have a specific and feasible idea or plan.Although Zhang Xueliang's words are not clearly stated, the meaning is already obvious, which is almost the same as the united front of later generations.

What Wu Xiaoliang didn't know was that when Zhang Xueliang first heard the news that Pu Yi had proclaimed himself emperor in the Northeast, he was so angry that he wanted to lead his troops back to the Northeast, but his reason told him that now was not the time to act rashly, he had to do his best Only by winning the unanimous support of everyone can it be possible to fight back to my hometown in the Northeast.

But will the warlords in the pass support him?The answer is no. Zhang Xueliang gave the answer long ago. You don’t need to ask. One of these warlords counts, including Jiang Zhongzheng. There is no way to marry clothes.

But I just felt like telling him that Wu Xiaoliang, whom he had known for more than ten years, might be his most steadfast ally when it comes to dealing with the Japanese.His premonition was good, what Wu Xiaoliang said next made him feel warm inside.

"Brother, the reason why I fought desperately for a place in this domestic warlord's melee is to have the capital to fight against the Japanese invaders in the future. Otherwise, you know the financial resources of the Liangda Group, which country to go to?" Wouldn’t it be fun to be a leisurely rich man? Why bother to come back and suffer this crime, and be squeezed out and suppressed by warlords of various factions who are also Chinese?”

Zhang Xueliang knew that his intuition was right. On the point of resisting Japan, Wu Xiaoliang would even cooperate with him for free. He only heard Wu Xiaoliang continue to say:

"The crisis in China is not just about the Japanese invaders splitting our country and supporting Puyi as the emperor of Manchuria. The biggest goal of the Japanese invaders has always been to completely conquer China. Once they gain a firm foothold in the four eastern provinces, Han Qing and your Hebei will bear the brunt To become the next target, this needs to be prepared early, according to my estimation, it may be two or three years later, and it may be less than a year soon."

In fact, Zhang Xueliang had already had a premonition of this speculation, but he has been avoiding thinking about this question, a bit of self-deception. When Wu Xiaoliang raised it today, he suddenly realized that he could no longer get around this question. Where did the Northeast Army go? The main issue he should consider first, he only felt that he was almost overwhelmed.

Zhang Xueliang asked hesitantly: "Then what should the Northeast Army do? Defend Hebei or...?"

It’s not that he can’t talk about it anymore, it’s not that he can’t say it, but he really doesn’t know where to start. If he doesn’t stick to Hebei, he and his Northeast Army will lose their last foundation and become duckweed on the sea. , who can take them in when the time comes?The situation of the Northeast Army is in danger!

Wu Xiaoliang knew that he would ask this question, so he pulled him to the front of the map, slid his finger from Hebei to the seat, crossed the Yellow River, passed Tongguan, and counted the time in Guanzhong.

"How does Han Qing feel here?"

Zhang Xueliang frowned, a little puzzled.

"here?"

"Although we are a little poor, the advantage lies in the excellent terrain. Xi'an is a land surrounded by four fortresses, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is an excellent base for long-term resistance to Japan!"

According to what Wu Xiaoliang said, Shaanxi is really a good place to advance, attack, retreat and defend, but the question now is not whether he wants to go, but whether someone wants him to go.

"Feng Yuxiang is in Shaanxi, how can he obediently hand over the land?"

Wu Xiaoliang put his hands on his back, and said solemnly: "Hanqing is confused, is this war in the Central Plains for nothing? Just wait and see, Feng Yuxiang will definitely go to the field within this month, and I will be the first to support your Northeast Army Enter Shaanxi!"

Zhang Xueliang was completely stunned. All of a sudden, he only felt his nose sore and his eyes hot. Apart from old coach Zhang Zuolin, Wu Xiaoliang was probably the only one who could help him so wholeheartedly.What's even more rare is that I made things difficult and hostile to him before, not only did he not add insult to injury, but he ignored the previous suspicions. What kind of mind is this, until now he is completely amazed, I am not as good as Wu Xiaoliang.

Wu Xiaoliang continued: "The key to everything now is the battle situation in Anhui. If Anhui fails, all previous efforts will be wasted. As long as we win, we must start preparations immediately."

"We, what chance do we have of winning? Not as good as my Northeast Army also went south to help!"

Once he had the mentality of worrying about gains and losses, Zhang Xueliang actually had some expectations.

"No, I am free to arrange the situation in Anhui, but there is one thing that Hanqing must arrange now. At least two divisions must be prepared. As long as Anhui is victorious, they will be ready to enter Shaanxi at any time."

The establishment of Manchukuo disrupted the pace of the domestic warlords to a certain extent, and the end of the civil war as soon as possible became the mainstream of newspapers and public opinion. They yelled at Hippie, but no matter how much they yelled, it didn't help.Because the battle situation in Anhui made him even more worried. Chen Cheng, who he relied on the most, was actually defeated by a little-known former Beiyang officer. The blow to morale is not a star and a half.

Thinking of the man who lived next door to him, he hated his teeth so much that it even moved some of his aides who had been privately persuading him to kill him.But this thought was just a whirl in his mind, and it was immediately eliminated. Assassinating this anti-Japanese national hero will bring him endless troubles and future troubles. If this person is just a newly rising small warlord, it will be easy to deal with It's too simple, there is no need to worry about domestic public opinion at all, and you don't even need to kill him. As long as you send troops to remove his software and announce his removal from all positions, everything will be fine.

But he didn't dare to do that to Wu Xiaoliang. No matter how many real crimes Luo Zhi committed, they would all be evidence that he had framed him. At that time, he would be accused by everyone in public opinion, completely passive in politics, and might even be accused again. There was a wave of opposition against him.So he can't take this risk, he might as well just wait for the result of the power struggle, when he will be convinced to lose, he will obediently take the blame and go abroad, and he will bring Henan and Shaanxi into his sphere of influence.Of course, Feng Yuxiang couldn't stay in the country either, he had to go abroad as well.

However, Chen Cheng's performance in Anhui made him a little worried. He was considering whether to send Liu Zhi's first army northward, but when he was thinking about it, bad news came.Chen Cheng was defeated, and three brigades of the [-]th Division were wiped out in a battle in Guzhen. Dong Haibin advanced across the board and surrounded Bengbu in one fell swoop. Chen Cheng was caught off guard and the [-]th Division was besieged in Bengbu City.

At the same time, the Xuzhou Yang Xiaoou army began to go south and entered Anhui, giving Dong Haibin's rear a strong security guarantee to ensure that no one would come in from Jiangsu to cut off his rear.

At this point in the battle, Jiang Zhongzheng finally gritted his teeth and spit out a sentence.

"The rhetoric misunderstood me!"

In his heart, Chen Cheng's military career had been sentenced to death, and he had specifically asked his opinion on the occupation of Anhui before, whether to send him some reinforcements, but he confidently refused.If reinforcements had been sent there at that time, they wouldn't have suffered such a miserable defeat, right?Naturally, this account was also credited to Chen Cheng.

Jiang Zhongzheng stayed up all night, and finally confessed the next morning.

"Notify everyone, there will be a meeting tomorrow!"