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Chapter 95 Current Affairs

A group of cars went straight into Tianjin under the escort of cavalry and stopped outside the gate of the Governor's Office.The guard jumped off the running board of the car, stood sideways at attention and opened the door.Huo Xiangzhen in military uniform got out of the car and saw An Rushan outside the gate for the first time.

An Rushan first gave him a military salute, then stepped forward a few steps, and said in a low voice, "Everyone who can arrive has arrived."

Huo Xiangzhen nodded, and then led An Rushan into the office with great strides.There were a few people sitting sparsely in the big meeting room, and when they saw him enter the door, they immediately got up to greet him.Huo Xiangzhen sat straight to the chairman, raised his hands and made a downward movement, motioning for everyone to sit down.

Therefore, the army commanders who are still willing to be loyal to him sat back to their original positions one by one.

Beijing had already fallen, and Zhang Laoshuai wanted to leave the customs on a special train, but was bombed by the Japanese on the way.After suffering for two days, Tianjin received news of the death of Marshal Zhang.This time, even Huo Xiangzhen panicked.In the past few years, Marshal Zhang has been in charge of the overall situation. The Marshal is the government, and the backbone of the military leaders below.Once the boss is gone, their regime will be completely dismantled.

Huo Xiangzhen has always been right about things and not people, An Rushan is the opposite of him, he is right about people and not things.What is dictatorship and what is revolution, he doesn't understand at all, and he doesn't bother to learn. Anyway, he only recognizes Huo Xiangzhen, not because he pays attention to "one minister does not serve two masters", but because he thinks that the two generations of the Huo family are meaningful to him and others are meaningful, so he will It must also be meaningful.If he is not interesting at this time, then he is too uninteresting.

In the empty conference room, there were several people sitting.The old commander is gone, and the old commander's soldiers have also begun to retreat outside the pass. Will the remaining Zhilu coalition forces fight or surrender?

Huo Xiangzhen faintly had an unformed idea in his heart, but he didn't speak up, and only let the army commanders below express their opinions.The army commanders are all rough people, they all have loud voices, and they are all very excited.Some advocate peace, while others advocate war.People who advocate harmony can naturally speak reason, and those who advocate war are not talking nonsense.Sun Wenxiong was among them. Although he was a division commander, he was very confident because he had a lot of soldiers in his hands. He talked eloquently: "Can you stop being so cowardly? Why can't we fight? At least, Tianjin is still in our hands Right? At this time, food and grass are not a problem, right? You can’t freeze to death with your shirt on, right? Let’s pull the line of defense and fight with them, believe it or not, we can’t handle them!”

As soon as this remark came out, someone immediately scoffed: "Old commander's 40 troops have all been defeated. How can you hold onto Tianjin with your surname Sun? Hmph!"

Sun Wenxiong angrily turned his head to face Huo Xiangzhen: "Marshal, let me make a statement. Anyway, I don't want to surrender. The statement is over, it's gone!"

Huo Xiangzhen sat upright, nodded to Sun Wenxiong, and then looked around at the people in front of him: "What about everyone's opinions? Let's talk about it."

The meeting room was buzzing at first, and after a while, the volume was magnified ten times and turned into a rumbling.The army commanders each had their own reasons, and the messy quarrel turned into a pot of porridge.

After the meeting, Huo Xiangzhen and An Rushan entered an office alone.The doors and windows were all guarded by guards, Huo Xiangzhen said in a low voice: "Old An, go send a telegram to the Revolutionary Army and ask them if they still accept our surrender."

An Rushan was stunned for a moment: "Marshal, you don't want to fight?"

Huo Xiangzhen was silent for a moment, and then replied: "If you accept it, let them go if they want to leave, and I won't stop them." Then he smiled again: "These big guys have their own ideas, and I can stop them." I can’t stop it. Instead of waiting for them to turn against me and shoot me, it’s better to separate from them early.”

An Rushan stared at him and asked, "What about you?"

Huo Xiangzhen sat down on the leather sofa chair behind the desk, and the sofa chair creaked: "Old An, I will not surrender. Let me give the gun in my hand to others, and let my soldiers go with others. Dissatisfied."

Across a desk, An Rushan sighed: "Marshal, come on, don't worry about them. Those things have always been eaten but not beaten, and they have long been our burden. Now that the situation is critical, we have to give Are they looking for a way out? Are they our father? Besides, who are we facing? It’s the fucking Lian Yi and Gu Chengxi! Send them a telegram asking for surrender? We can’t afford to lose that person! Now we should find ways to get more food Get money, if Tianjin can't do it anymore, let's retreat east and find a way to get out of customs."

Huo Xiangzhen nodded deeply, pressed his hands on the countertop and got up, he went around the desk and walked out: "Once something happens to the old handsome, I am a little pessimistic. You are right, Lao An, we still have several What about ten thousand people, at worst, retreat to the east, why can't they kill a way out?"

An Rushan took action against the chamber of commerce in Tianjin, and began to ask for wages through the chamber of commerce; the merchants dared not refuse to pay, because they were afraid that the soldiers who were extremely hungry would enter the city to burn, kill and loot.Huo Xiangzhen also sent letters to the consuls of various countries, saying that his soldiers had no food to eat and forced the foreigners to bleed.The air in Tianjin became extremely tense in an instant, and the expats even fled in fright.Ma Congrong in the French Concession occasionally went out, and he could always see teams of French garrison troops walking in unison on the street.

"Continue to fight?" He was sitting in the car looking at the street view, and for some reason, he scratched his heart with hatred: "This is not going back until you hit the south wall!"

At the same time, another battle broke out outside the city.The earth-shattering cannons rang for three consecutive days. On the morning of the fourth day, Ma Congrong lay in bed reading the newspaper and learned that the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces had withdrawn from Tianjin.

While reading the news, it was raining heavily outside.The heavy rain hit the window densely, making Ma Congrong feel like he was hiding in a warm and safe jar.After reading a piece of news and looking out of the window, he didn't know where Huo Xiangzhen "escaped" again.

It rains so much.

The person who also thinks that the rain is heavy is Gu Chengxi.

Gu Chengxi took a smoky car and took the lead in leading troops into downtown Tianjin.The rain was so heavy that if you looked up, you could see thousands of arrows piercing through your body, and if you looked down, it would be a field of white smoke; it was so heavy that the rain didn't look like rain at all.

He defeated Huo Xiangzhen, which is gratifying and congratulatory but sad.

What he wants is peace, not victory; but God only gives him victory, not peace.How hastily escaped safely, leaving the armored train full of ammunition at the railway station-this ignorant, incurable fool!

The people who followed into the city were Lian Yi and Bai Mani.Lian Yi was sitting in the back of the car, crossing his legs in the rumbling rain.Holding a semi-soft and semi-hard command whip in one hand, he hummed "Su Sanqi Jie" often sung by Bai Mani, and beat his palm with the whip tip and the rhythm.When he finished singing the last line, he poked Bai Mani beside him with his baton: "Son, how long has it been since you returned to Tianjin?"

Bai Mani leaned against the car window with his back to him, watching the heavy rain and ignored him.

The large-scale war seems to have come to an end temporarily, but before leaving Tianjin to pursue the Zhilu coalition forces, Gu Chengxi changed into plain clothes and entered the French Concession, and visited Ma Congrong without warning.

Based on the relationship between the two, now that they finally meet, they should be smiling and friendly.However, harmony is indeed harmony. The two sides sat facing each other in the living room, except for the word "harmony", the rest of the expressions on their faces were intermittent, as if they were all at a loss.

Ma Congrong knew current affairs, and he called Gu Chengxi "Commander Gu" to Gu Chengxi.There was a mask of laughter on his face, as usual, he could still talk about the weather, the temperature, and ask people to cut cold watermelons—this year’s watermelons are good, and they are all sweet.Commander Gu agreed deeply, and also said that watermelon is sweet.When the watermelon was served, Ma Congrong personally handed him a piece, and said that it was a pity that it rained heavily a while ago, and the taste of the watermelon might be affected after the rain.Commander Gu still agreed, admitting that the watermelon will become less and less sweet.

Around the taste of watermelon, the two of them finished the article, but unfortunately they are not melon farmers, so there is no way to discuss it in depth.Before the next topic was brought up, there was a strange silence in the living room for a moment, and then Gu Chengxi said in a deep voice: "Secretary-General, do you...do you have any news about the commander-in-chief?"

Ma Congrong wiped his hands with a snow-white wet towel: "Not at all."

Then he put the towel away, as if feeling a little annoyed: "Commander Gu, don't think that I am protecting the commander-in-chief, and refuse to tell the truth if I have something to say. To tell you the truth, I have already broken up with him! Now the situation It’s so clear that he still clings to his little capital and refuses to let it go. I persuade him a few words, but he kicks me instead. Of course, it’s not that I haven’t been kicked by him, but letting me suffer It’s okay to kick, let me accompany him to the end, then it’s wrong! Isn’t it?”

Gu Chengxi smiled and nodded: "The Secretary-General is right."

At the same time, he said in his heart: "Fuck you, he even blocked a shot for you!"

When Ma Congrong said this, he retracted his words: "Commander Gu is now a member of the new government. He is a punching bag by his side, but he has grown up with him since he was a child, no matter what, he still has some feelings. So Commander Gu put aside all the previous grievances, as a way to save face for me. He's in his base camp, disarm him and don't hurt his people, okay?"

Gu Chengxi smiled and said: "That's no problem, the Secretary-General can rest assured!"

Ma Congrong handed him the cigarette tube: "By the way, how are you and Young Master Bai? When you mobilized people, what a disturbance you caused!"

Gu Chengxi took out a cigarette, and Ma Congrong lit a match again, holding the flame in both hands and bringing it to him.Gu Chengxi smoked the cigarette in his hand with peace of mind, and then smiled: "It's broken too!"

Ma Congrong raised his eyebrows: "Hey! What is Young Master Bai doing now?"

Gu Chengxi replied with a puff of smoke, "He... is just fooling around!"

Ma Congrong smiled peacefully, and was too lazy to ask Bai Mani.He doesn't hate Bai Mani, and it's inconvenient to gloat now, but he just thinks Bai Mani is annoying, and it's good to roll to the sky.

Gu Chengxi ate a few pieces of watermelon, smoked a few cigarettes, and ate a very delicate dinner in Ma Zhai.With his ears pricked up, he picked up Ma Congrong's words, trying to find clues about Huo Xiangzhen, but he was so busy that he finally said goodbye and left, and he didn't extract a single one.

Ma Congrong talked and laughed happily and sent him to the gate, and then watched his car go away.After ordering the bodyguards to close the gate of the courtyard, he went back to the upstairs bedroom alone, deliberated over Gu Chengxi's reason for coming, and recalled what he had said in the past half a day to check for any mistakes.

Why didn't he know where Huo Xiangzhen was?Based on the fact that he has guarded the uncle for so many years, based on his secretary-general's face, based on his understanding of Huo Xiangzhen, why doesn't he know?Huo Xiangzhen will not lose the army and run away on his own, where the army is, he will be there.

Lazily lying on the bed, he ate too much, so he was a little drowsy.Closing his eyes and thinking about his thoughts, he fell asleep involuntarily.Dimly, he saw An Rushan.An Rushan, covered in smoke and blood, led a group of soldiers to walk in the wilderness.When he saw him, he was overjoyed, and immediately ran forward in three steps and two steps and asked, "Commander An! Where's the commander?"

An Rushan carried a broken rifle and told him confidently: "The commander is dead."

He opened his eyes and looked at An Rushan: "Dead?"

An Rushan nodded, with no expression on his face: "Dead, died on the battlefield."

He raised his hand and grabbed the sides of the robe, his voice began to tremble: "Dead... Where is the person?"

An Rushan seemed to be busy on his way, he walked forward and said, "Buried."

He hurriedly started chasing him: "Buried? That's it? Where did you bury him?"

An Rushan walked very fast, and went a long way in the blink of an eye: "Forgot."

He fell behind and couldn't catch up no matter how hard he tried.Thinking of the old man gone just like that, whether good or bad, he would never see him again, tears streaming down his face all of a sudden.Looking at the increasingly blurred backs of An Rushan and his group, he ran away, shouting desperately while running: "An Rushan! Come back to me the fuck! Where did you bury me? You give me a place! The uncle was a hero, and now he is gone, so you just dug a hole for him? Are you worthy of him?"

He yelled and slashed his throat, and his feet lost their pace.He staggered and fell down on a big horse. Seeing that An Rushan would never be able to catch up, he got up and turned back, and stepped on the way An Rushan came from.How did he die?How can you say that you will die?He didn't expect to get a complete uncle anymore, but even if God left him a paralyzed fool, why didn't he keep him?Can't see you for the last time?

Ma Congrong was running, and suddenly woke up.

He was lying on his side, and when he woke up, he found that he had really shed tears all over his face, and even a small piece of the pillow was wet.A Jiling sat up, he asked himself: "Is he really dead?"

Grabbing the pillow towel and wiping his eyes, he stretched his legs and put on his slippers and got out of bed. At the same time, he told himself that it was just a dream, and if the person really died, there would be news.Suddenly remembering all the advantages of Huo Xiangzhen, he thought that he couldn't just watch Huo Xiangzhen die, while the other was still alive, he had to get this live donkey back!Since entering the French Concession, he has never been truly happy.It seems that just being rich is not enough, you also need to have an uncle, even if the uncle is a crab, he has always been sideways.

Stepping towards the door, he wanted to call to contact his old subordinate.After stepping over the threshold with one foot, he held the door frame and hesitated again: "Really?"

After a brief hesitation, he continued to move forward—go ahead, it would be best if he could be persuaded to come back, and after he was persuaded to hide in the concession, the Revolutionary Army would have nothing to do with him.

If you can't persuade him to come back, it's good to have a look at him.If he really died, he would never be seen again.

There are several telephones installed in Ma Congrong's home, and each line has its own target.Sitting upright in front of the phone, he held the receiver in one hand, feeling crazy at the same time.He is never crazy, and once in a while, he is almost scared.

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