Go to Shandong? Qi Xieyuan was so shocked that he even doubted his ears. Either he heard this wrong, or it was nonsense that Sun Chuanfang said after drinking. It is already very good that he can hold Shanghai. Where can there be troops to attack?
Go to Shandong. This is not a joke.
But when Sun Chuanfang once again said for sure that he would fight in Shandong, Qi Xieyuan knew that he had heard correctly.
Sun Chuanfang was neither drunk nor talking nonsense. He just wanted to fight to Shandong. He was not impulsive, nor did he want to avenge Zhang Zongchang's occupation of Shanghai. He had his own more profound considerations.
This time he did win the Battle of Shanghai and even eliminated Zhang Zongchang's main force, but this was nothing to the wealthy Zhang Zuolin. If Zhang Zongchang failed, he could continue to send Li Zongchang and Wang Zongchang.
Come, he has troops and strength. If one attack fails, he will attack twice, and if two attacks fail, he will attack three times. In the eyes of Zhang Zuolin, the king of the Northeast, it is only a matter of time before he takes over Shanghai and the entire south.
Moreover, this is the closest step that Zhang Zuolin can take to unifying the entire Republic of China. Sun Chuanfang knew that he would not give up this opportunity easily. If Zhang Zuolin could not win Shanghai, Jiangsu, and the entire south this time, I am afraid that the next opportunity would be really difficult.
Knowing when it would appear, Zhang Zuolin couldn't afford to wait.
So Sun Chuanfang knew that he had to beat him hard to stop the Feng clan's ambition to go further south. It was not enough to beat Zhang Zongchang back to Shandong. He wanted Zhang Zuolin to know thoroughly that he was not someone to be trifled with.
In this area south of the Yangtze River, I am fully capable of fighting Zhang Zuolin in a head-on sword-to-sword and gun-to-gun battle.
Only in this way can he make Zhang Zuolin give up his strategy of continuing to go south. Only in this way can he truly defend his land. Therefore, Sun Chuanfang has to continue to fight Zhang Zuolin and the entire Fengtian faction, and the best way at present is to directly
Attack Shandong and take a closer look at the reaction of Northeastern King Zhang Zuolin.
But before attacking Shandong, Sun Chuanfang had to make some more preparations.
Since he is going to attack Shandong, Zhang Zuolin cannot be allowed to send more troops in time at this time. If that happens, he will fall into a situation in Shandong where he has to fight with more than he has, or even be attacked from both inside and outside. This is very dangerous for Sun Chuanfang. In order to
To reduce this risk, Sun Chuanfang must find someone or a force to contain Zhang Zuolin, and this person is in the northwest.
Sun Chuanfang sent Yang Wenkai to meet with Feng Yuxiang, who was "farming and herding cattle" in the northwest at that time. At present, he is the only one who can pose some threat to the Northeast King Zhang Zuolin.
After the failure of the battle between Peking and Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang was forced to move to the northwest region for development. However, during these times, Feng Yuxiang was not idle. He recruited the army and worked hard to control these things, but he did not miss any of these things. Now Feng Yuxiang
, can completely threaten Zhang Zuolin’s lifeline at any time.
This time he attacked Jiangsu and marched to Shanghai. The reason why Zhang Zuolin did not exclude his direct troops from coming to attack with Zhang Zongchang was to a large extent to prevent Feng Yuxiang from attacking him behind his back.
This time to continue to contain Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang is undoubtedly the best candidate.
When Yang Wenkai saw Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang welcomed him in. The two sat down respectively as host and guest. Feng Yuxiang looked at Yang Wenkai with a smile on his face and kept asking for good tea, but did not take the initiative to talk about Yang Wenkai's purpose.
Yang Wenkai was also a smart man. Being sent here by Sun Chuanfang to discuss such an important matter, how could he not be a powerful character? He was not in a hurry, sipping the tea carefully, drinking it twice, and then slowly and leisurely
He put down the teacup and said casually, "General Feng, your tea is really not that good!" After saying that, he shook his head.
Feng Yuxiang was an impatient person. It was good enough for him to give the other party tea. Since it was the other party's turn to be picky, he immediately changed his face and became unhappy. There was some unpleasantness in his tone:
"Mr. Yang, you are a scholar. Naturally, you know more about tea tasting than me. But as for the war, you'd better not get involved!"
Yang Wenkai knew that Feng Yuxiang was already a little angry. He stretched him for a long time when he first arrived. No matter who he was, he would feel uncomfortable, but this was exactly the effect he wanted. He quickly took the opportunity to say: "General Feng, don't be angry, I naturally know.
General Feng is located in the northwest region. Tea is not produced here, so it is understandable that there is no good tea. What I mean is that there are tea-producing places everywhere in our south, and there are not many good teas. I will then send
I sent some to General Feng, this is just a small gift from me."
After hearing this, Feng Yuxiang's expression softened slightly, and he sat down and thought quietly.
In fact, for a general like Feng Yuxiang, what kind of tea can't he buy? At his position, there is no shortage of tea. If he doesn't have good tea to drink, then his entire army will not know how to drink it.
Can we get military pay?
Moreover, the tea that Feng Yuxiang used to entertain Yang Wenkai just now was considered to be one of the best. The reason why Yang Wenkai said that the tea was not good was to make a fuss. The bad thing was not the tea, but Feng Yuxiang's embarrassing position.
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Feng Yuxiang could naturally understand the meaning of Yang Wenkai's words, but Feng Yuxiang still felt a little uncomfortable when the conversation started by picking on each other, so he still pretended to be angry. However, he was not angry about the tea, but about the tea leaves.
It's Sun Chuanfang's attitude towards negotiations with him. He wants to make it clear to the other party that you are here to ask for my cooperation, not that I am rushing to be hot but cold!
Yang Wenkai looked at Feng Yuxiang's angry look and laughed and said: "General Feng, you are just as much a thorn in Zhang Zuolin's side as we are. To tell you the truth, General Sun Chuanfang wants to show little Zhang some color this time.
If we want to send troops to Shandong, we are afraid that Zhang Zuolin will directly send troops to support him. I don’t think General Feng wants the Fengxi to grow stronger day by day. We all have the same hope. We also hope that General Feng can send troops to put some pressure on Zhang Zuolin.
It’s all good and no harm to you!”
Feng Yuxiang thought for a while and said: "Yes, this matter has no harm to me, but if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be of any benefit to me. It might even anger Zhang Zuolin!" (To be continued)
