116 Shanghai Beach arrives

The officers and soldiers of the 31st Mixed Brigade of the CSKA rushed down from the train and came to Anting, a small town in Jiangnan. The soldiers from the north all widened their eyes and looked at the prosperous and fertile Jiangnan town in front of them.

All more than 7,000 soldiers and all weapons and supplies came from Shandong by train, followed Jinpu Road south to Pukou, and then transferred to the ferry to cross the Yangtze River. I got on the train again at Xiaguan Railway Station, and took more than half a day to arrive at Anting Town at the gate of Shanghai. This journey also allowed soldiers from the northern Central Plains to experience the scenery of the water town. Chang Ruiqing and other core high-level brigades used the time of parking and adding water and coal to secretly inspect and measure the terrain along the Jinpu Road.

Perhaps they had already vaguely felt that they might have to fight back to the north in the future?

The Jiangnan water towns around Shanghai have been the richest area in China since the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the Opium War, Shanghai opened a port and surpassed Guangzhou in just a few decades, becoming China's largest trading port and probably the largest money tree. Historically, during the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, Lu Yongxiang was defeated in Zhejiang and once wanted to abandon Zhejiang to protect Shanghai! Because the small Shanghai's fiscal revenue was greater than that of the entire Zhejiang! However, the generals under his command had already made a fortune in Shanghai. No one had the fighting spirit to fight with Sun Chuanfang's beggar soldiers. Once they arrived in Shanghai, they all hid in the concession and became apartment public!

Now, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng actually wanted Lu Yongxiang, who was guarding the treasure pot of Shanghai, to lead troops to attack Guangdong, to speak out.

It is Anting, although it is just a small town, but it seems much bustling than the northern county town. Outside the train station, there are rows of shops and restaurants, and countless hawkers selling on the streets. As for the pedestrians and merchants, they are even more crowded and surging on the streets. They do not look panicked because of the arrival of the brigade of Beiyang Army. It seems that the military disciplines of the Fourth Division, the Sixth Division and the Tenth Division stationed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are still good.

Chang Ruiqing and others also got off the train and watched officers at all levels of the mixed brigade restrain the team there. More than a dozen soldiers wearing brand new yellow tweed uniforms were waiting on the platform. The officer in the middle was about forty years, with big ears and wide mouths, a national face, and a lieutenant general of a Beiyang Army. He knew he was a big man at first glance.

He saw Chang Ruiqing, wearing a major general uniform and a group of subordinates get off the car and strode to meet him. Lu Yixuan beside Chang Ruiqing saw his clan brother and smiled and introduced: "This is my clan brother, Lu Yongxiang, commander of the 10th Army Division and the commander of the Songhu Guardian. He didn't expect that he would come to Anting in person to greet Brother Yaoru."

It turned out that he was Lu Yongxiang, tall and strong, with a majestic weapon. He was a great Shandong man (Lu Yongxiang is from Shandong), but Chang Ruiqing knew that this person was just a little bit like that. In history, he controlled two fertile lands in Zhejiang and Shanghai, holding the fourth and the 10th elite divisions. He was supposed to be a pillar of the Anhui clan, but he didn't dare to fight and refused to go out during the war in the southwest. He didn't dare to take action during the Zhi-Anhui war. He refused to send troops during the first Zhi-Wang war... Finally, the Zhi-Wang warlords came to the door and had to fight for a while, but they were beaten to a great loss and lost the territory. The army was thrown home and went home to eat themselves! But then again, most of the warlords in the Beiyang Anhui clan were in this kind of unused goods, and Lu Yongxiang had been holding on for a long time.

Although he didn't look down on others, Chang Ruiqing was still extremely respectful in his face. He stood at attention and saluted him solemnly. Lu Yongxiang looked at Chang Ruiqing, who was taller than him, nodded with satisfaction, and also gave a military salute: "It's good that you come. I'll be much more relieved if you have a mixed brigade to help Fujian! General Yaoru, let's go to my brother's escort yamen to sit first... In this world of flower farms, my brother is the host. Please ask your brothers to play hard for ten days, and then help Li Peizhi guard Fujian?"

Chang Ruiqing bowed his hand and smiled and said, "Thank you, General Zijia, that brother is more respectful than obedient."

He didn't want to go to Fujian immediately. He had many things to arrange in Shanghai, and had many aspects to contact, and ten days might not be enough! As for Lu Yongxiang's money, Chang Ruiqing didn't want to save it for the other party. Anyway, he was guarding the treasure pot of Shanghai, and it was very easy to make money. If you don't help spend a little, maybe people would think you look down on others!

Lu Yongxiang took Chang Ruiqing's hand and walked slowly along the platform. His special train was waiting there. It took less than an hour to get on the train to reach Shanghai North Station. The two subordinates followed a group behind, and everyone greeted and laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm. Chang Ruiqing's wife Wang Ruonan and his concubine Zhao Xianger each followed with a few maids at the end. There was no word between the two women, and the maids on both sides naturally looked cold, but there was a cold war atmosphere... It seemed that Chang Da Warlord had no hope for 3P night.

Chang Ruiqing is not attentive to deal with the struggle between the two women in the house. He is introducing his younger brother Chang Ruiyuan to Lu Yongxiang.

"General Zijia, this is his younger brother Ruiyuan. He just turned 20 this year. He used to be a lie with Zhang Shaoxuan's team. Now he has no errands and wants to do some small business in Shanghai."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Lu Yongxiang understood what the other party meant as soon as he heard it. He guarded Shanghai, which was a feng shui treasure land that was so fat that he could make a fortune. It doesn't mean that everyone in the Beiyang system has such good luck! Those who are bitter and not as fat as they can be plundered (in fact, Lu Yongxiang's plundering was not great, but the territory was too fat!), and he could only do some business to subsidize public and private expenses. When doing business, he naturally had to come to Shanghai where thousands of merchants gathered. So when he saw his Beiyang military leader, nine out of the ten wanted to start a business in Shanghai, and he had to take care of them.

Lu Yongxiang never returned the ticket for such a request. Now that he is making a fortune, can't others make some money? That will make people angry. Besides... If the warlords across the country put their money in Shanghai to invest and trade, who else can be full and send troops to attack Shanghai? As soon as the cannon fires, the investment of the big guy will be gone!

...

At this time, in a garden villa in the Shanghai Mansion Concession, Jiang JShi, who was ordered to contact Chang Ruiqing, walked around the reception room, looking a little irritable.

After walking for a while, he suddenly stopped and snorted coldly: "Lu Rongting, a villain who recursively, has come to the door! He is still there and is still indifferent, and he secretly contacted Feng Guozhang's secret envoy. What exactly does he want? Do you think that Feng's surname can really stop Duan Qirui from attacking the southwest by force?"

In this huge living room, except Jiang JShi, there is only a middle-aged man wearing a white cloth robe and a pair of round-framed glasses on his nose. This person is Zhang Jingjiang, one of the four senior officials of the Kuomintang and praised by Sun Yat-sen as the revolutionary saint.

He had just informed Jiang JShi of the setbacks encountered by the Guangzhou Law Protection Military Government. Now he saw Jiang JShi looking impatient, and just smiled slightly: "Jieshi, Lu Ganqing (Lu Rongting)'s reaction was expected. The Hunan army that Fu Liangzuo won over in Hunan turned against him and returned to Grandma Tan. In Lu Rongting's view, it was a good opportunity to stop and negotiate peace with the Northern Army when he was about to get better! After all, the 8th Division, the 20th Division, the 28th Division, and the Anwu Army of Anhui were all mobilizing to Hunan. The 31st Mixed Brigade and the 16th Mixed Brigade were ordered to assist Fujian... If all the soldiers from the Northern Army gathered together, Lu Ganqing would be afraid that he would not be able to afford it."

Jiang JShi sneered disdainfully: "They Beiyang are just a piece of paper tigers with loose sand! The brothers have convinced Chang Ruiqing, who was from the 31st Mixed Brigade, to secretly join the Chinese Revolutionary Party! It won't take long for him to arrive in Fujian to raise troops to oppose Li Houji. At that time, the Beiyang soldiers in Fujian will be defeated without fighting. The remaining three divisions in Hunan and the so-called Anwu Army, how could it be the enemy of the three armies of Yunnan, Guangxi and Hunan?"

"Oh?" Zhang Jingjiang was stunned when he heard this, and his eyebrows gradually frowned: "Brother Jieshi, did you just say that Chang Ruiqing would raise troops to oppose Li Houji when he arrived in Fujian? Did he give you such a promise?"

"Of course not!" Jiang JShi waved his hand: "This person is still stepping on the abacus on both sides. He doesn't want to turn against Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng!"

"Then what do you say..."

Jiang JShi smiled deeply and made a push gesture: "Let's just push him!"

"Push?" Zhang Jingjiang's eyes rolled, and he understood what the other party meant: "Are you going to give him a forced to Liangshan?"

Jiang JShi sneered: "This Chang Ruiqing is extraordinary. He holds more than 7,000 people in his hand and has a red brigade that is unknown in the depth. There is also a secret fund of 250,000 taels of gold... If he publicly turns against Beiyang and invests under Mr. Sun's house, then we will be developed! Not to mention Fujian, even Guangdong and Guangxi are not a problem!"

"Then what kind of push do you want?" Zhang Jingjiang frowned slightly: "He only has one soldier in a mixed brigade now, don't..."

Jiang JShi waved his hand and interrupted Zhang Jingjiang: "Brother Jingjiang, I know the importance. His Chang Ruiqing's strength is the key to our turnaround. Brother, I don't want him to lose like this! Of course, we have to think of a more complete solution..."

Zhang Jingjiang nodded: "That's true. By the way, Jieshi, can you arrange for him to meet me? I also want to meet this character in person."

Jiang JShi smiled and said, "Haha, I almost forgot. Brother Chang Ruiqing wants to ask Brother Jingjiang to do a favor, and he will come to visit him."
Chapter completed!