After learning that Zhang Zongchang had escaped, Chu Yupu immediately sent a telegram to Chu Yufeng, then called his guard captain, and fled in a car in the name of a meeting. He was afraid of arousing the suspicion of his subordinates, so he only had three close associates following him, and even the direct guards were abandoned.
Don't care anymore.
It wasn't that Chu Yupu didn't want to take the troops away, but that he couldn't take them away at all because they were almost surrounded by the enemy.
The retreat of Fengjun's direct lineage and Sun Chuanfang opened up the flanks of the Zhilu Allied Forces, and a presumptuous retreat would only lead to a rout. If Zhang Zongchang had not run away, it would have been fine. There would have been a chance to retreat while fighting, but if Zhang Zongchang ran away, the morale of the troops below would inevitably be weakened.
There is no way to fight this battle.
In order to save his own life, Chu Yupu had no choice but to abandon his troops and flee.
There were still more than 50,000 Zhili Allied Forces on the front line, but when the battle started, they found that they had no commander. The generals gathered together, stared at each other, and finally made the decision to surrender happily!
As a result, Bai Chongxi easily recruited 50,000 troops, including the core elites of Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu.
Zhang Zongchang was even more embarrassed than Chu Yupu. He couldn't trust anyone and actually escaped alone. He disguised himself as a civilian, took some money with him, and ran away through the night through an alley to smear people, with the ultimate goal of crossing eastward to Japan.
Zhang Zongchang's idea is very simple. He will help the Japanese in the future and sooner or later he will be able to return to Shandong.
Chu Yupu, on the other hand, didn't have so many twists and turns. He couldn't let go of his property in Tianjin, nor the rights in his hands. He still had nearly 2 million in his foreign bank, and he had to take all this money away before he could have the confidence to continue recruiting troops.
Anyway, there are a lot of disaster victims coming to Guandong now. As long as you have this money, you can easily recruit a group of people.
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Tianjin, Chu Mansion.
"Master, come with me to the theater today." The concubine said coquettishly, leaning on Chu Yufeng's arms.
"Go away," Chu Yufeng pushed the woman away without mercy and shouted, "Big Eyes, pack your things, I'm going to Peking!"
Of course, going to Peking was a fake, just an excuse to avoid suspicion among his subordinates.
Chu Yufeng put all the valuables such as bank books, house deeds, and land deeds into a safe, called five or six of his confidants, and drove straight to the concession in a car. As for the concubines in the house, he could no longer care about them. Anyway, his wife and
My children are all in Shandong.
Chu Yufeng paid someone to get a fishing boat and stayed in the concession waiting for her brother to come back. They planned to escape to Dalian on the fishing boat.
The small Western-style building in the Chu Mansion in the concession is an absolutely safe place.
Even if the Northern Expeditionary Army invades Tianjin, they will not dare to run wild in the concession. As long as the two brothers Chu Yupu and Chu Yufeng stay here as tenants, they will be able to enjoy happiness for the rest of their lives.
It's a pity that Chu Yupu is not willing to live in an apartment to provide for his retirement. He wants to be a military governor, and he wants to be a commander!
This is what warlords are like. Take Duan Qirui, who has a good reputation. Although he is staying in the concession to eat fast and chant Buddha, historically, he will collude with Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu early next year to plot Shandong with the support of the Japanese.
, and joined forces with the notorious Sun Dianying to attack Jiaodong.
Of course, Duan Qirui did not personally come forward for these dirty things, and Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu were blamed for them. If he succeeded, he could take advantage of the situation, but if he failed, he would let others take the blame, and he could continue to be an apartment owner leisurely.
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Chu Mansion.
Chu Yufeng shouted: "Prepare a car, prepare a car... Damn, it's not a car, it's a big truck!"
Master Shen Yaorong came over and asked, "Second Master, what are you trying to transport?"
"Can you care?" Chu Yufeng said angrily.
"Yes, yes." Shen Yaorong backed away with a smile, quietly returned to his room, and quickly packed up his belongings. He didn't have much money, but it was quite a lot. He had more than OO yuan saved in a foreign bank, and he still had several hundred cash on hand.
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Seeing that all the aunts and wives had gone downstairs, Shen Yaorong rolled his eyes and quietly went to the third floor. He stole a few pieces of valuable jewelry, stuffed them all into his clothes, and went down there in a big way.
When he reached the second floor, Shen Yaorong suddenly heard voices at the top of the stairs. He was so frightened that he hid immediately.
Chu Yufeng said to the aunts and wives: "Sisters-in-law, my brother is in trouble this time. But don't panic and live here with peace of mind. This is the territory of foreigners. No one dares to cause trouble for you. My brother and I are going to the Northeast this time.
, I might be able to kill him someday."
really!
Master Shen quietly turned to another corridor and went down, and said to the guards at the door: "You guys stay safe, I'm going out to help my wife buy something."
The guard ignored him, and Shen Yaorong called for a rickshaw as if nothing had happened, urging in a low voice: "Go to Dexing Yanghang, hurry up!"
Master Shen is about to run away. The few pieces of jewelry he just stole are worth thousands of dollars.
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Chu Yupu returned to Tianjin two days later. When he entered the door, he asked his brother: "Are you ready?"
"It's ready. The truck is in the yard and the fishing boat is parked on the beach!" Chu Yufeng replied.
Chu Yupu said nothing more, but took out a key and went straight to the basement.
"Bang!"
The basement door was pushed open, and more than 10 wooden boxes were neatly placed there.
Chu Yupu shouted: "Everyone get in the car!"
2 million silver dollars weigh a full 53 tons. Naturally, they cannot be all here. The money in the basement is only tens of thousands of dollars at most.
Nowadays, the banking system is not that developed, and it is not possible to access the country with just one card. Chu Yupu brought more than 1,000,000 bank books and money orders, which are of great use at critical times. As for tens of thousands of cash, it is convenient for recruiting troops along the way.
Of course, Chu Yupu also left a way out for himself, leaving 500,000 yuan to be stored in Tianjin. If one day he loses again, he can return to the Tianjin Concession to retire, and he has already thought out the way forward and retreat.
In the fourth aunt's room.
Chu Nanxiang closed the door and said: "Li Fang, let's go, now is a good opportunity!"
The fourth aunt shook her head: "I won't leave. The current struggle situation is serious. I must stay in Tianjin."
Chu Nanxiang said anxiously: "Is your party really more important than me? Don't be stupid, the Red Party can't achieve anything! In China, the Northern Expeditionary Army is destined to dominate the world. We can live in the south."
"I really can't leave," the fourth aunt said firmly, "Nanxiang, we are destined to be destined to be together in the next life."
"You are stupid!" Chu Nanxiang was extremely speechless.
In the years from 1927 to 1919, the struggle situation between Beijing and Tianjin was indeed extremely serious. Tianjin was better, and the underground party organizations in Peking were once exterminated. It was not until the 1980s when the party history was compiled and old party members personally told it that I
The party also had an early underground party headquarters in Peiping.
The fourth aunt was not a party member before, but she was just leaning towards our party. Later, when Chu Yupu became the governor of Zhili, she officially joined the organization and was responsible for delivering news.
As for Chu Nanxiang, he was in a relationship with his fourth concubine before studying abroad. But after Chu Nanxiang returned to China, he discovered that his former lover had been forcibly married by his uncle as his concubine.
The relationship between the two is innocent. Although they like each other, there is no substantial intimacy.
Chu Nanxiang is not a party member, but because of his fourth concubine, he learned Morse code to help send messages. Everything is the power of love.
Seeing that he could not convince the fourth concubine, Chu Nanxiang had no choice but to leave in frustration. As soon as he went out, he saw Chu Yupu walking quickly and pushed open the door of the fourth concubine's room.
"Master!" The fourth aunt put on a smiling face.
Chu Yupu took out his gun, pointed it at the fourth concubine's head and pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
Chu Nanxiang rushed into the room quickly, looked at the fourth concubine's body in shock, and said in horror: "Commander, how can you..."
Chu Yupu said calmly: "I have arrested Red Party members several times, but the news was leaked. I have long suspected these women."
"Commander, do you have any evidence?" Chu Nanxiang asked.
"I need some damn evidence. I'm leaving Tianjin this time. I can't leave any hidden dangers at home. I'll kill him first and then talk about it." After Chu Yupu finished speaking, he walked quickly to the fifth concubine's room.
"boom!"
Another gunshot was heard.
The reason why Chu Yupu killed the fifth concubine was also very simple, because the fifth concubine often went to Xinming Theater to listen to plays and seemed to be very close to a certain actor there.
He left a bankbook of 500,000 yuan in this house. Anyone with different intentions must be eradicated.
Chu Yupu was like killing two chickens and shouted to Chu Nanxiang: "Hurry up, get ready to go!"
Chu Nanxiang held back tears and followed Chu Yupu step by step. He wanted to pay to kill several times, but he still endured it. There were many opportunities on the way to escape. 8