Duan Qirui has been dissatisfied with Duan Hongye's cowardice and mediocrity since he was a child. He often told people that the tiger father gave birth to a dog son. After listening to his words, although he knew his intentions were good, he still couldn't help but feel angry.
Come on, Duan Qirui is a great hero and a man, and his ambition lies in the country and the country. It would be better for him to die when he returns to Tianjin with his concubine to retire. Such depressing words come from his son's mouth, which is a huge disappointment to him. Moreover, he knows his son.
Mo Ru's father, he saw Duan Hongye's eyes lingering on the revolver, and the cowering look made him extremely angry. He smashed the pistol on Duan Hongye's body and said sternly: "You bastard, get out of here."
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Duan Hongye screamed in pain when he was hit by the gun. Seeing his father's stern face, he felt extremely scared. He turned around and was about to run out of the study. After walking a few steps, he felt uneasy and went back to clear the floor.
He picked up the pistol and ran out without looking back.
"Close the door!"
Duan Qirui was still angry and threw an inkstone at Duan Hongye. He ripped open the buttons of his shirt, panted heavily, and gradually calmed down.
It only took a moment for the Zhizhi Army to reach Beijing. He already had an idea in his mind about where to go. It was impossible to run away. He had served as prime minister of the Republic of China four times and founded the Republic three times. Even if he lost, he could not lose the face of the old Beiyang.
Moreover, he was afraid that Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin would not do anything to him, but he had no idea what to do in the future. At this time, he couldn't help but think of Xu Shuzheng. Countless people had questioned his blind trust in Xu Shuzheng, but who
He also knew that without Xu Shuzheng's planning, how could he, Duan Qirui, have made comebacks many times? With Xiao Xu's offending temperament, this fate in the hands of Cao Wu would have been more disastrous, which was one of the reasons why he decided to stay.
, see if there is any way to save Xiao Xu.
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Outside Duan's mansion, a man wearing a top hat covered his face with his collar and hurriedly walked into the mansion with his head lowered. His unusual behavior alerted the guards at the door, who quickly raised their guns and shouted: "Who are you, blinding you?"
When you catch your eye, go inside, this is Duan Mansion, no one can get close to it!"
The visitor raised his head and showed his face to the guard. The guard was shocked and said: "Xu... Chief of Staff Xu! I didn't recognize you because I was blind..."
"Shh, don't make any noise. Prepare a car for me." The person who came turned out to be Xu Shuzheng, who Han Baihang let go. He hurriedly fled back to Beijing. The first thing he wanted to do was to meet Duan Qirui. He and Duan Qirui
It's like Zhuge and Liu Bei. They have the same mind. Duan Qirui refuses to admit defeat and wants to make a comeback. Duan Qirui is a loser and has already thought of a comeback strategy on the way back to Beijing.
"Yes!" The guard wondered why Xu Shuzheng came back alone if he had not been captured by the Zhizhi army.
Xu Shuzheng hurried to the study. When he turned the corner of the corridor, he suddenly bumped into Duan Hongye, who had just ran out of the study. His body had been damaged by smoking for many years. He staggered back, glared and cursed: "You bastard..."
Just as he was about to speak out his words, he suddenly saw Xu Shuzheng's face clearly. He shuddered and said in surprise: "Brother Zheng Zheng, you are back. There are rumors on the front lines that you were captured by the Zhizhi Army!"
"It's hard to put it into words."
Xu Shuzheng was so embarrassed that he had been captured for the first time in fifteen years of military service, especially when Duan Qirui usually used him to teach Duan Hongye a lesson. When Duan Hongye asked him about it, he almost wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground. Fortunately, Duan Qirui
The Xu family were not outsiders, so he could still live up to his reputation, so he hurriedly asked: "Hongye, how is Mr. Zhi?"
Duan Hongye sighed: "No, I've been staying in the study for a day without eating or drinking, and I'm still losing my temper. I just took the gun away from him, because I'm afraid he won't be able to think about it for a while, and what's your relationship with the old man?"
It's best if you go and persuade him. In the worst case, we'll go back to Tianjin."
Xu Shuzheng nodded: "Okay, I understand. Have everyone in the house left?"
Duan Hongye said: "All the aunts have sent away, and I am the only one here now."
Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but look at Duan Hongye. In his past impression, this Mr. Duan was the same person as Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding. He was a smoker in private and did not do his job properly. He did not expect that in such a critical situation, he would not be able to do his job properly.
He was so frightened by the Zhizhi army that he ran away, but he was still quite bloody.
"You better stay. Mr. Zhi needs someone to accompany him. I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany Mr. Zhi. I will leave after seeing Mr. Zhi." Xu Shuzheng said.
Duan Hongye said: "Zheng Zheng, where are you going?"
Xu Shuzheng said vaguely: "It's not decided yet, let's talk about it later."
Then the two separated. Xu Shuzheng went straight to the study, took a deep breath and pushed the door in. He heard Duan Qirui yelling angrily from inside, followed by an object hitting the door: "Get out!"
"Mr. Zhi, it's me who's back." Xu Shuzheng's eyes were filled with tears. He opened the door and fell to his knees on the ground. He burst into tears and said, "I blame my subordinates for being incompetent and letting you down."
Duan Qirui suddenly stood up from his seat, his body trembling violently with excitement, and looked at Xu Shuzheng with a complicated expression for a long time. He quickly walked over and helped Xu Shuzheng up, and said calmly: "Victory or defeat is a normal matter for a military strategist.
, It doesn’t matter if your skills are not as good as others for a while, the important thing is that you are fine, Zheng, we must learn from this lesson, the main reason for our failure is still ourselves."
Xu Shuzheng wiped his tears and said with deep understanding: "What Zhi Lao said is right. The failure this time was, firstly, political, because we misjudged Zhang Zuolin's intentions, which led to victory first and then defeat on the Eastern Front; secondly, it was military
The first was insufficient preparation; the third was a mistake in employing personnel.”
He and Duan Qirui never spoke secretly. Before the war, he originally disagreed with Duan Zhigui being the commander-in-chief of the West Road. Unfortunately, Duan Qirui couldn't resist Duan Zhigui's repeated requests for war, so he had no choice but to agree, so he had a Liulician
The defeat directly led to the complete defeat of the Anhui army.
Duan Qirui also meditated on his improper employment. When he was in Hunan, he reused Zhang Jingyao, which caused the great cause of the Southern Expedition to be unified. Duan Zhigui was reused in the Anhui War, which directly caused the Anhui family to lose all the wealth they had accumulated over the years. These two lessons are not inseparable.
It was heavy, but after reflection, he had to face another problem. Without them, who in the Anhui system would be available.
"Mr. Zhi, the Zhizhi Army is about to enter the city. I don't dare to stay here any longer. I'm here to talk to you about our post-war plans." Xu Shuzheng said with a serious expression.
Duan Qirui nodded and said: "Zheng Zheng, this is exactly what I want to ask you, do you have any good ideas?"
Xu Shuzheng did not lose his courage because of the defeat, and his face regained the strategizing look of the past, saying: "Mr. Zhi, my strategy is to retreat in order to advance. After I escape this time, you can blame everything on me."
To protect themselves. Regarding the issue of Zhili and Fengcheng, we must strive for Zhang Zuolin's support to fight against Cao Kun. I think we can send secret messages to all the armies to ask them to join the Anhui clique. As the Fengcheng clique becomes stronger, conflicts with the Zhili clique are inevitable.
They will confront each other, and then you can take advantage of the situation."
