Respectfully

In the conference room, a military map occupied half of the wall, and all high-level military personnel from the six northern provinces gathered together.

No one expected that Han Anshan would strike suddenly.Even though there was friction between Shandong and the six southern provinces, the sound of gunfire on both sides has never stopped, but it has always been thunderous and rainy. Song Zhou was assassinated before, followed by Han Anshan. The evidence is too obvious, and there are clearly It's tricky, before the matter is thoroughly investigated, Han Anshan actually did it!

"Pi County?" Du Yuzhang looked at the marks made by the staff officer on the map, "Why did you go to Pi County?"

Qian Boxi also frowned. If he wanted to take Jiangsu, Xuzhou, and Suqian, they were all contested places, but Han Anshan's army didn't go anywhere, and went directly to Pi County!After taking down Pi County, and looking at the route of advance, it is clearly heading in the direction of Suining!

"What the hell is this guy surnamed Han doing?" He Yun, the division commander of the third division, said, "If you go any further, you'll be out of Jiangsu. Or does he want to make a big detour to Yangzhou?"

All the people present looked at the marching route drawn by the staff officer on the map in puzzlement. Han Anshan led the army for more than 20 years and experienced countless battles, fighting long hair, suppressing boxers, and fighting foreigners. Even if he acted a little recklessly, He is also a man of knowledge, he will not make such a mistake inexplicably.The left and right flanks are all exposed. If the nearby defenders come out in full force, the two divisions entering Jiangsu will be in danger.

According to the telegram sent back, the staff marked all the movements of the Lu army so far, put down the pencil, pointed to the map and said: "According to intelligence, the No. 17 and 21 divisions of the Lu army are moving along the line of Suiyang, Pi County, Xuzhou The defenders in Suqian are Song Zhou's Ninth Division and No.30 First Division, and the two armies have exchanged fire several times, most of which were tentative attacks."

"Tsk!" Qian Boxi grabbed his military cap and held it in his hand, "The division commanders under Song Zhou have always been at odds with each other. Xu Demao of the Ninth Division started with him, No. 30 First Division Meng Fu defected later, and now that Song Zhou is lying in the hospital, his life and death are unknown, Song Wu may not be able to subdue them, and it is not impossible for that old boy Han Anshan to take advantage of his loopholes."

The rest of the division commanders and staff officers were also discussing. Marshal Lou was silent for a while, and suddenly he said to the young Marshal Lou who was standing beside him, "Xiao'er, what do you think?"

Marshal Lou walked to the map, pointed his finger south along Suining, Pi County, stopped at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui, and clicked, "According to my guess, the real goal of the Lu army is not Jiangsu, but Anhui."

"Anhui?"

Marshal Lou stood up, and seeing everyone's eyes gathered, Young Marshal Lou continued, "Song Zhou started his business from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and Jiangsu is his hometown, which is defended heavily. After all, Han Anshan only has the strength of one province. It is not wise to confront Song Zhou head-on, instead of challenging heavily defended Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is better to win Anhui."

As he said that, Young Marshal Lou pointed his hands at Henan and Hubei respectively, then went south along Anhui, crossed Jiangxi and Hunan, finally returned to Anhui, and tapped vigorously in Suzhou.

Everyone pondered for a while, and then suddenly realized.

Although bypassing Jiangsu and attacking Anhui also risked being cut off by Song Zhou, Yuan Baoshan in Henan and Song Qining in Hubei were not wooden, and they would not fail to see the way. Once the Lu army entered Anhui, the most likely The possible situation is that there will be a three-sided attack!Liu Fuxian in Sichuan has flirted with the north for a long time, and Guizhou is not much better. Even if the south reacts, Anhui has long since changed hands.

Except for Mr. Lou Dashuai and his son, everyone present did not know that Song Zhou's injury had already healed by [-]% to [-]%. They only thought that without Song Zhou in charge, Song Wu might not be able to hold down a group of heroes from the six southern provinces. Han An Shan was probably sure about this before he dared to take the risk.However, those people in the six southern provinces were not fools, they just didn't get along with each other at ordinary times, once they realized something was wrong and turned around to fight back or go to fight Shandong, Han Anshan's calculations might be in vain.

This battle still has to be fought!

"What does the President mean?" Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang whispered to Marshal Lou while others were pointing at the map and discussing with each other, "Are you going to send troops to the six northern provinces?"

"There is no news yet." Marshal Lou frowned, and tapped his finger on the table a few times, "In two days, there should be news."

"Directly declare war?"

"Nine times out of ten."

"If we really want to send troops, we must stop the actions on the border, so as not to stimulate the old man too much, and bite back when we can't mobilize manpower."

"That's the only way." Marshal Lou clenched his fists a little unwillingly.

"Father," Young Marshal Lou said suddenly, "Once the six northern provinces dispatch troops, the Japanese on the South Manchurian Railway must take precautions."

As soon as Marshal Lou said the words, Marshal Lou and the two division commanders looked serious. The group of Japanese scumbags controlled the Liaodong Peninsula and the South Manchuria Railway, stationed a division and six railway garrison brigades, a total of 3 There are many people, and during this period of time, there are frequent transfers, so we have to guard against them.

Thinking of the news reported by Pan Guangxing and the information sent by Song Zhou, a cold light flashed in Lou Dashuai's tiger eyes.

The Lu army has just finished a battle.

The five to six-kilometer-long position is covered with large and small bomb craters. The smoke has not completely dissipated, and occasionally one or two wailing of the wounded can be heard.

Seeing the captured Anhui defenders squatting listlessly on the ground, Cai Guangxi, the commander of the No. 17 Division of the Lu Army who was riding on a horse, said to the several regiment leaders around him with a proud face: "Thanks to the master's clever plan, tell the brothers down below Let me work harder, and when Suzhou is captured, I can drink and eat meat, and I can have women! Each person will be given another ten dollars!"

"Master, there is no news from Hubei and Henan, should we wait?"

Cai Guangxi frowned, "What did Division 21 say?"

"Mr. Wu is asking for instructions from the commander-in-chief. However, as a teacher, the soldiers are very fast. If time drags on for a long time, I'm afraid Song Zhou will react."

"Song Zhou? The old boy is still lying in the hospital. I know his son, and he is close to licking Little Japan's toes." Cai Guangxi curled his lips in disdain. What are the plans of the one in Hubei and the Song in Hubei, we all have to go to Anhui!"

"Yes!"

Wu Xianglin, the commander of No. 20 Division [-], received a call back from Han Anshan, and learned that Cai Guangxi had led troops into Anhui, and immediately followed him. Within a few days, his troops came to the city of Suzhou.The armies of Hubei and Henan also appeared on the border of Anhui, and they were surrounded on three sides.

The military officers of the six southern provinces finally realized that something was wrong, and asked Song Wu to fight. Song Wu didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so he hurriedly asked Song Zhou for instructions, but Song Zhou frowned and reprimanded: "Look at your appearance, Mao! Frizzy, this is a big deal!"

"But, father..."

"Okay, I know all about it." Song Zhou waved his hand, "If the surname Han wants Anhui, give it to him! If it's captured, it's up to him whether he can take it."

"Father, you mean?"

"Don't you know the truth of being close to water and towers? Which one is not closer than Shandong, Henan or Hubei?"

Song Wu thought for a while, and suddenly realized, his face was filled with embarrassment for a while, "Father, my son is wrong."

"You are still young, and you still have to hone your skills. When the Lu army attacked Pi County, you should have realized what Han wanted to do! If you were to attack him on both sides, cut off the back road, and make dumplings for him, He should be crying!"

Song Wu lowered his head and remained silent.

"I also know that you are in trouble. I haven't shown up, and some people below are unwilling to listen to orders." Song Zhou leaned against the head of the bed, narrowing his eyes slightly, "We should let them know that I, Song Zhou, are not dead yet! "

Sun Qingquan stood at the door and was about to knock on the door to enter, but the door was pulled open from the inside at this moment. Seeing Sun Qingquan, Song Wu's thin lips curled up, "Uncle, are you here?"

"Well, I'll take a look at the commander." Sun Qingquan smiled, and glanced into the ward, "How is the commander today? I heard the commander's voice outside the door, and I am full of energy!"

"Alright! Come in!"

"Uncle, you chat with father, I have to leave beforehand."

"Well. Be careful on the road."

Watching Song Wu walk out of the ward, Sun Qingquan frowned slowly. The moment he met Song Wu face to face just now, for some reason, he suddenly felt a little nervous.

Song Wu left the hospital and went back directly to the mansion, and his servants came to report that Mr. Kawaguchi Imazo from Kawaguchi Trading Co., Ltd. came to visit.

"Kawaguchi?"

Taking off his military cap and armed belt and handing them over to his servants, Song Wu strode into the reception room. Sure enough, Kawaguchi Imazo was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

"Jun Song!"

Imazo Kawaguchi stood up and greeted Song Wu. With a cold smile on Song Wu's face, he suddenly took a step forward and kicked Kawaguchi with a whip kick. Missing a hit, he quickly pushed forward, bent his elbows, pressed his forearm against Kawaguchi Imazo's neck, and pushed him against the wall, his narrow eyes seemed to be bloody, "Kawaguchi Imazo, You still dare to show up, I really admire your courage."

"Song Jun, ahem! What are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Song Wu's voice was cold, like the letter of a poisonous snake, sweeping across Kawaguchi's eardrums, "My father had an accident, do you think I can't find out who did it?"

Kawaguchi Imazo's expression changed drastically, "Mr. Song, where do you start with this?"

"There's no need to act anymore." Song Wu pressed his hands hard, almost crushing Kawaguchi's throat, "Others may not recognize it, but I happened to meet one of those gunmen in Japan. Unfortunately, he was caught on the spot. Killed."

Kawaguchi Imazo's complexion became ugly.After a while, he suddenly said: "Song Jun, tell me your conditions."

"Conditions?" Song Wu looked at Kawaguchi, as if he was looking at an idiot, "You are not qualified to negotiate with me now, Kawaguchi, I can kill you at any time, or hand you over to my father."

"But you didn't do that," Kawaguchi said.

Song Wu didn't speak, and suddenly punched Chuankou hard in the abdomen. Chuankou opened his mouth wide and coughed a few times, the phlegm he coughed up was bloodshot, "Song Wu, you will regret it! I was here help you!"

"Regret?" Song Wu smiled, "Kawaguchi, you underestimate me, what I want, I will grab, fight, and grab it myself! Instead of letting outsiders assassinate my father, and say yes help me."

Song Wu looked at Kawaguchi contemptuously, "I think, the difference between me and you is that I am a human, but you are a beast!"

Kawaguchi Imazo looked at Song Wu in disbelief, he didn't understand why Song Wu, who had always been pro-Japanese, suddenly changed his attitude?Could it be that they were deceived by this person from the beginning?

"Song Wu!"

"You don't need to shout so loudly." Song Wu sat back on the sofa, clasped his hands on his knees, "Kawaguchi, speaking of conspiracies and tricks, China is the ancestor of the Japanese. You took Imai Ichiro from Taiping Group to Have you met Zheng Huaien?"

"How did you know?!"

"If you want to know, you will know." Song Wu smiled, "Imai is a businessman, and he is also a very good partner."

"what?!"

Kawaguchi Imazo's eyes widened, and the next moment he saw the door of the room was pushed open, and Imai Ichiro walked in from the door.

"Imai? You?!"

Ichiro Imai walked up to Imazo Kawaguchi, with a familiar smile on Kawaguchi's face, "Mr. Kawaguchi, let me introduce myself again. My surname is Qian, and my single name is a long character. My ancestral home is Fujian, and later moved to Taiwan. Since my grandfather Living in Japan."

Kawaguchi Construction suddenly raised his head, "You?!"

"I am indeed the plenipotentiary representative of the Taiping Group stationed in China. Please don't doubt it." Imai Ichiro, or Qian Lang said with a smile: "I am a businessman, and the purpose of the Taiping Group is to make money. As long as it can make money, businessmen can Sell ​​your soul. Didn’t I tell you that without money, there will be no politics, let alone a future.”

"You've known each other long ago?"

Kawaguchi Imazo asked sharply, Imai Ichiro smiled and did not speak.Song Wu clapped his hands, and two men in black shorts came in from the door.

"Let him tell all he knows, and then give him a good time."

"Yes!"

The next day, the president of Kawaguchi Trading Co., Ltd. was found dead in the woods outside the city. The tires of the car he was riding in were punctured, the driver was shot in the head, and all valuables on Kawaguchi were taken away. He was shot twice, and when he was discovered, his body was already stiff.

After the police arrived, they surveyed the scene and determined the incident as a robbery and homicide.As for who the murderer is, according to what the police chief said, it is likely to be a bandit, which is difficult to catch.At the end of the matter, at most one or two death-row inmates were brought up from the prison to confess.

Japanese Minister Ijuin protested to the southern government, dissatisfied with the actions of the police stations in the six southern provinces, and demanded that the murderer must be arrested!

Sima Jun in the north just declared war on the southern government at this time!There was a disagreement within the southern government. One side advocated the war, and the other advocated peace talks. Ironically, most of the main battles were government officials, while most of the advocates for peace negotiations were the governors and commanders who held real power in the southern provinces!

Zheng Huai'en was overwhelmed by a series of things, one head and two big. He had already sensed that the situation was very unfavorable to him, but there was no good way.

At this moment, the troops of the six southern provinces moved suddenly, directly cutting off the retreat route of the Lu army that had invaded Anhui, and they were about to march northward.Apart from Song Zhou, there is no other person who can command more than 20 troops in the six southern provinces like a finger!

Song Zhou was like a god of calming the sea. As soon as he expressed his opinion, Zhuhe's voice was immediately suppressed.At this moment, Zheng Huai'en didn't know whether he should be thankful or depressed.

Following the declaration of war by the North, the southern government also expressed its attitude and declared war on the North.

On the day he got the news, Marshal Lou ordered the two regiments operating in Transbaikal and along the banks of the Ergun River to shrink their forces and stop provoking the Russian army.The Japanese troops stationed near the South Manchurian Railway were also closely monitored.At the same time, a secret order was issued to speed up the arrest of Japanese spies, especially those related to Kawaguchi Koko, before the large-scale mobilization of the army, and none of them should be let go!

Pan Guangxing's contact with Xu Guangzhi became more frequent, and through Xu Guangzhi, he met Reiichi Kawaguchi, whose alias was Xu Jiacheng.

Before Mrs. Lou and Li Jinyan were in the car where a bomb was thrown in front of the car and injured innocent passers-by, it was reported in the newspapers the next day. Most of the newspapers reported on the facts. Only two newspapers made a big fuss about this incident. One of them alluded to Li Jinyan's acting to buy people's hearts.

Li Jinyan felt that he was quite innocent after reading the newspaper. He did have his own thoughts at the time, but it wasn't as bad as it was written in the newspaper, right?Through Uncle Dumb, it was found out that these two newspapers were run by Chinese people, and no Japanese or Russian forces were involved. Li Jinyan could only think that this was a means to gain public attention, and did not take this matter to heart. .

The subsequent development of the situation was beyond Li Jinyan's expectations. One of the newspapers did as he thought, and soon died down, but the other newspaper began to intensify. ", "Bullying with power"!

"It's all about what!" No matter how good-tempered he is, it's impossible not to be angry when someone says that, "I just set up a few factories, why do I compete with the people for profit, how can I bully others?! Who messed with whom?!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Li Jinyan almost ordered someone to smash that newspaper office!

He finally understood why Ruan Lingyu said the words "people's words are awesome", even though most people knew that this was nonsense, but there were many people who were doing good things, and the rumors about Li Sanshao these two days were in Guanyin. There are more and more people in Beicheng, even Mrs. Lou has heard about it.

"This is strange." Mrs. Lou was sitting on the sofa. Ever since the doctor announced that Mrs. Lou was happy, Mrs. Lou had been "protected" and she didn't touch any hard work, but it was hard for Li Jinyan. The factory at home was busy at both ends. Now that he's being splashed with dirty water like this again, it's no wonder he's not irritable.

The concubines and two ladies in the family also knew that Mrs. Lou should not be provoked now, let alone Li Jinyan. They saw Li Jinyan get angry once, and since then, they have changed their impression of Li Jinyan. If you get anxious, it's scary to start a fire!

Li Jinyan didn't want to disturb Mrs. Lou because of this matter, but Mrs. Lou couldn't hide it if she wanted to. She called the young commander-in-chief Lou back from the barracks and said, "Your wife has been bullied. Look at this. What should we do? We're going to fight outside soon, we can't leave your daughter-in-law at home to be splashed with dirty water like this?"

Marshal Lou nodded, without further ado, he directly led his troops to the newspaper office to arrest people, and said directly: "I suspect that this newspaper office is harboring southern spies!"

The young marshal spoke, but no one dared to object.In the face of absolute power, freedom of the press and innocence of speech are just floating clouds.

After arresting him, everyone was a little dumbfounded. The editor-in-chief of this newspaper turned out to be a woman!The article that slandered Li Jinyan in the newspaper before was also written by this woman!

What was even more annoying was that when this woman was arrested, she yelled loudly on the spot: "I am Lou Xiao's fiancee! You can't do this to me!"

The arresting soldier and the police were dumbfounded at the time, and turned to look at Young Marshal Lou who was riding on the horse. Unexpectedly, Young Marshal Lou didn't even look at her, and said coldly, "My wife is at home, arrest her!"

Li Jinyan was stunned for a few seconds after getting the news, and went to see Mrs. Lou, "Mother, how many fiancées does the young marshal have? Will he come out every now and then?"

Mrs. Lou tapped his forehead, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that Xiao'er will get angry when you hear it. You want to spend the rest of your life with Xiao'er."

Li Jinyan scratched his head and stopped talking.

Mrs. Lou lowered her eyes, they are all dead, how can they come back to life?joke!