"President Li is indeed very knowledgeable. You can get the messages on mobilizing troops in war zones. No wonder people say that you, President Li, have a wide range of friends and a good way of making friends." Liu Yangyang turned the wine glass upside down on the table and poured it into the cup.
After filling up the wine, he picked it up and made a gesture of drinking with Li Linge. Liu Yangyang was already ready to say goodbye and leave, but the message Li Linge produced made him change his mind temporarily.
After leaving Nanjing, Liu Yangyang took Tangcheng and the others always thinking of going to Sichuan. However, with the change of route, Liu Yangyang was even more eager to know the news about the 88th Division. Since Li Linge can get the information of mobilizing troops in the fifth theater,
It is very possible that he will know some news related to the 88th Division. Liu Yangyang suddenly changed his mind and toasted with Li Linge, just because he wanted to get some news of interest to him from Li Linge.
Tang Cheng, who was sitting aside, couldn't help but look at Li Linge. After spending time with Liu Yangyang for a long time, Tang Cheng also knew a little about the affairs of the Communist Party. He didn't think that Li Linge, the president of the chamber of commerce, could have access to *
*Things like troop transfer orders. Besides, the new division is just a miscellaneous army. Why should the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Fifth War Zone directly transfer Xuzhou? Tangcheng's first reaction was that this troop transfer message was fake.
Something Li Linge forged.
"I wonder what President Li means by showing this to me?" Liu Yangyang did not doubt the authenticity of the message like Tang Cheng did, but stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, then chewed it slowly.
The piece of meat in the mouth. "I have not received a warrant from the Fifth War Zone here, but we are about to leave Mengcheng and go north to Xuzhou. Maybe we will meet the new editor in Xuzhou. Could it be President Li?
Does it mean that someone among the new editors has offended you and you want me to punish them in Xuzhou?" Li Linge didn't say the reason, so Liu Yangyang naturally followed suit and pretended to be confused. Everyone at the wine table was confused by what he said.
"Sir Liu is joking. Li is just a businessman. How can he have a grudge with the soldiers of the new editor? He is joking." Liu Yangyang's reaction made Li Linge unsure whether to tell the reason first, but the new editor was right.
He was about to leave, but he had no choice. In order to dominate Mengcheng, Li Linge took great pains to make friends with the officers of the new division. But after the Japanese soldiers occupied Nanjing, everything changed.
The division's imminent transfer caused some deviations in Li Linge's plans.
Li Linge, who is very scheming, has long been thinking in his mind that if he wants to support a county magistrate who is close to him, and coupled with his relationship with the new editor, it will be difficult for his family's business in Mengcheng to make money. Li Linge is in Anhui
After many years of painstaking efforts, the forces are intertwined and divided across the black and white lanes. However, when he went to the provincial capital this time, Li Linge was informed that the new division would be transferred north to Xuzhou. This put Li Linge's hard-working plan on the verge of failure.
situation, so Li Linge made an appointment with Liu Yangyang as soon as he returned to Mengcheng, because now he had to find a way to get Liu Yangyang's line.
There are wars everywhere now. Just relying on your high-level connections is not enough to protect the Li family. You need someone with a gun in your hand. Liu Yangyang's strength and domineering are what Li Linge values. The Li family
We need such people and forces. "Mr. Liu, we don't speak secretly, so let me tell the truth. The new division will be transferred to Xuzhou soon, and there will be no garrison here in Mengcheng. Although you are only in Mongolia for a short time.
I want to stay in Mengcheng, but I would like to ask Commander Liu to postpone going north. Can you and your people stay in Mengcheng before the defense troops arrive?"
Now Li Linge has basically confirmed that Liu Yangyang is a powerful character with deep scheming and hidden intentions. Although he may not necessarily know his intentions, he must be suspicious of what he just said and the message. Li Linge believes that the other party is not willing to show his intentions at this time.
He was just trying to compete with himself in terms of scheming and patience. This Liu Yange was far more difficult to deal with than he originally thought. So Li Linge could only speak out his intentions first, because he knew in his heart that if he competed with patience, he would be the most difficult to deal with.
In any case, compared to Liu Yangyang in front of him, who makes him want to ask for help now?
Liu Yangyang did not face Li Linge's request directly, but looked at him with slight surprise and asked, "President Li, how can you conclude that the fifth theater will mobilize troops to Mengcheng to take over the defense?" Liu Yangyang thought quickly in his mind.
Thinking about what Li Linge said just now, I became more and more convinced that what Tian Kui said was correct. This Li Linge did have many friends from high-level people. If not, Li Linge would never have been able to get the transfer order message and advance notice from the fifth theater.
Learn about the receiving troops.
Just as Liu Yangyang thought, Li Linge gave the answer without hesitation, "I have a few friends in the provincial capital and your fifth war zone. I got the news from them, and I also know which army it is."
Will be transferred to Mengcheng to take over the defense." Li Linge's calmness did not surprise Liu Yangyang. He originally thought that Li Linge would use these as conditions and means to bargain with him, but he did not expect that Li Linge would admit knowing the matter so calmly.
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"Tell me, how do you want me to help you?" Liu Yangyang was already full of wine and food, and deliberately acted as if Li Linge was still hesitant to say anything and was about to leave. Liu Yangyang's bluff
It made Li Linge dumbfounded. They were also elite figures. How could Li Linge not see that Liu Yangyang was bluffing.
"Sir Liu, I really didn't lie to you. The troops that will take over the new division's shared apartment in Mengcheng won't arrive until April at the earliest. It's only January now. I'm paying all this money just so you and your people can stay in Mengcheng."
During this period, you can station in Mengcheng and help us train the militia in Mengcheng." Li Linge blinked hard at Liu Yangyang. If there weren't a few of his close men here, maybe Li Linge would have told the news he got.
came out.
With Liu Yangyang's city and life experience, how could he not hear the hint in Li Linge's words? He picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. Liu Yangyang vaguely asked Zhang Yun to take Tang Cheng out for a cigarette before coming in. Li Linge
He also wisely kicked out a few of his cronies. After confirming with Liu Yangyang again and again, Tang Cheng reluctantly followed Zhang Yun out of the hall, but before leaving, Tang Cheng carried a shell gun and shot down the entire hall.
They walked around until he confirmed that there was no danger before leaving the hall.
"Chief Liu is a hero. Even the people under your command are extraordinary. Mr. Li will give another toast to Chief Liu. This small business will have to rely more on Chief Liu's care in the future. Mr. Li will do it first as a token of respect."
After speaking, Li Linge raised his neck and drank a cup of Shaoxing Huadiao neatly. Li Linge's words were originally some social language on the scene, Liu Yangyang just smiled, and naturally he would not take it seriously.
Liu Yangyang and Li Linge spoke in very low voices. Although Tang Cheng and the others stood at the door of the hall with their ears straightened with concentration, they still heard nothing. Half an hour passed, and Tang Cheng at the door of the hall was a little impatient.
Looking inside, Liu Yangyang and Li Linge were still talking, and the two people who were originally sitting opposite each other were now sitting arm in arm. Looking from Tangcheng, they could only see
Two heads close together.
Tang Cheng wanted to go in and tell Liu Yangyang to leave, but was stopped by Zhang Yun. At the door of the hall were not only Li Linge's cronies, but also a dozen servants who were also carrying short guns. Tang Cheng just walked in with the gun.
He was afraid that he would be beaten into a sieve by random guns without even having time to open his mouth. Tang Cheng also knew that it was difficult for two fists to defeat four hands. Under Zhang Yun's hint, he could only pace back and forth at the door of the hall and
Wait, unless Liu Yangyang and Li Linge come out on their own, none of them with weapons in their hands can enter the hall.
"Let's go." When Tang Cheng nodded his fourth eye, Liu Yangyang, who didn't look good at all, finally came out. Li Linge sent them out of the Li family's door politely, which made Tang Cheng even more upset.
Suspicious. Liu Yangyang, who returned to the military camp, immediately asked Zhang Yun to gather everyone together, which naturally included Lu Yong and the recovering wounded soldiers. "I just got the news that Jinan has been lost, and Han Fuqu
Jinan was lost to the Japs without firing a shot. Not only Jinan, but now half of Shandong has probably been occupied by the Japs’ troops heading south.”
Liu Yangyang's words were like a big thunder that suddenly appeared. The explosion shocked Lu Yong and others. They just escaped from Nanjing and had not lived a comfortable life for a few days. This Japan
The soldiers occupied Shandong again. If they continue to go south, Anhui may not be able to be saved. "Is your news reliable?" After a while, Lu Yong came back to his senses. Before confirming that the source of the news was reliable, he would not
I was going to believe this news that was like a bolt from the blue.
"Absolutely reliable. This is a copy of the military and political order that Li Linge obtained from the provincial capital. The new division has received the order to go north to Xuzhou. The fifth theater is probably going to mobilize troops to fight the Japanese in Xuzhou.
"Liu Yangyang only then remembered the pieces of paper Li Linge gave him, and hurriedly took them out of his pocket and handed them to Lu Yong." Li Linge said that the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs would dispatch another unit to garrison Mengcheng, but he did not mention this unit.
number and number of people.”
While Liu Yangyang and Lu Yong were talking, Tang Cheng was already squatting on the ground and drawing an extremely crude map with a bayonet. Relying on the memory of playing with the globe since he was a child, Tang Cheng used a bayonet to draw Shandong and Anhui on the ground.
and a rough map of Jiangsu, with the locations of Nanjing, Mengcheng, Xuzhou and Jinan highlighted. "The Japanese army is going to attack from up and down, right?" Looking at the location of Xuzhou on the map, Tangcheng's back felt cold.