Did he trick the young marshal into becoming sworn brothers and then go south to Huangpu Military Ac

When news of Guo Songling's uprising against Fengtian in Luanzhou reached Guangdong and Guangxi, it was merely a topic of conversation among the Grand Marshal's men in Guangzhou.

The Wang and Hu families told this story as a joke, using it to ridicule Lin Qi in the meeting room.

Even though Lin Qi slammed the door and left, his unusually cold reaction didn't cause a ripple.

After all, Shanhaiguan is thousands of miles away from Guangzhou, and it's good that the infighting within the Fengtian Army is going on, with the conflict raging within the same country.

In the North, however, this telegram was like a thunderbolt striking right in the head.

The one who was hit hardest was not Zhang Zuolin in Fengtian City, but Yang Yuting, the chief of staff of the Fengtian Army, who was currently squatting at Yanzhou Railway Station in Shandong.

The kerosene lamp inside the car was flickering violently.

Yang Yuting held the proclamation of rebellion issued by Luanzhou in his hand. His gold-rimmed glasses had slipped down to the tip of his nose, but he didn't even reach out to adjust them.

[Purge the court of corrupt officials and execute Yang Yuting, who has brought disaster to the country and its people!]

Every word on the power line was like a bayonet, aimed straight at Yang Yuting's neck.

According to the original historical trajectory, from late November onwards, Guo Songling and Yang Yuting were at the Marshal's Mansion in Fengtian, guarding Zhang Zuolin's side.

At the time, Guo Songling specifically requested that he be killed. In order to silence Guo Songling, Zhang Zuolin had Yang Yuting resign and lay low for a while.

Without saying a word, Yang Yuting packed his bags and went to Dalian to hide for five days.

When Zhang Zuolin decided to fight Guo Songling to the death, Zhang Hanqing personally went to Dalian to bring Yang Yuting back to Fengtian and planned the suppression of the rebellion.

He knew better than anyone that his feud with Guo Songling had long since become a blood feud.

Within the Fengtian Army, he was the leader of the officer faction, who came from the Japanese Army Academy, while Guo Songling was the leader of the Army University faction, who came from the Army University.

In recent years, the two have engaged in countless open and covert struggles for control of personnel and military equipment in Fengtian County.

Guo Songling hated him to the bone. Once Guo Songling gained power in Fengtian, the first person he would cut off was Yang Yuting.

In another timeline, Yang Yuting's retreat from Fengtian to Dalian was a strategic retreat.

Afterwards, he returned to Shenyang, where he contacted the Kwantung Army to demarcate the restricted area of ​​the South Manchurian Railway to block Guo Songling's route. He also mobilized Wu Junsheng's cavalry from Heilongjiang to launch a surprise attack on the Baiqibao ammunition depot. He then used Zhang Hanqing's name to undermine the morale of Guo Songling's army. Finally, when Guo Songling was captured, he secretly persuaded the old marshal to execute Guo Songling and his wife on the spot, completely sealing off any chance of a comeback.

But right now, the date is wrong, and the place is even more wrong!

Because Lin Qi, like a butterfly flapping its wings, caused the Zhejiang-Fengtian War to break out a full three months ahead of schedule.

At this very moment, Yang Yuting was not in Fengtian City at all, but on the front line in Yanzhou and Tai'an, Shandong, leading the remnants of his army that had just retreated from Nanjing and Xuzhou, and was staring at Sun Chuanfang's five-province allied forces in the south!

"The General Staff... Luanzhou cut off the Beijing-Fengtian Railway, and Shanhaiguan is no longer accessible."

The accompanying chief of staff's voice trembled: "Our land route back north has been blocked by Guo Songling's army."

The telegram in Yang Yuting's hand trembled.

How could he not panic?

Less than two hundred miles to the south was Sun Chuanfang, who had just won a major battle and was riding high on his momentum.

The only way back to Fengtian from the north was through Guo Songling, who led the most elite six infantry brigades and two artillery brigades of the entire Fengtian army in a rebellion!

He only had tens of thousands of frightened soldiers who had fled back from Jiangnan under his command. He had lost most of his heavy artillery and couldn't even muster two basic loads of bullets.

If Guo Songling had casually sent a brigade south, or if Li Jinglin from Zhili had betrayed him, he would have been surrounded and killed in Shandong!

Yang Yuting closed his eyes, took three deep breaths, then took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief to wipe the lenses, and put them back on.

As expected of someone known as "Little Zhuge Liang," after the initial panic, his mind quickly began to work.

Why was Guo Songling able to command such a large following in Luanzhou?

Because the soldiers and lower-ranking officers of the Third Army Corps were unwilling to bear the stigma of rebellion, Guo Songling found them a plausible excuse: to purge the court of corrupt officials and kill Yang Yuting!

They poured all the blame on Yang Yuting, saying he was a scourge to the country and a nemesis of meritorious officials, and that killing him would bring peace to the world.

"What a brilliant move to purge the emperor's inner circle!"

Yang Yuting opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing behind his glasses: "You, Guo Maochen, weren't you using me as a target? Well, I'll remove that target from your sight!"

"Bring me paper and a pen!"

Yang Yuting shouted at the chief of staff.

The chief of staff quickly laid out paper and pen on the table.

Yang Yuting grabbed a pen, didn't even bother with a draft, and quickly wrote a telegram, then threw it directly to the chief of staff: "Go to the telegraph office immediately and send it in plain text to all major newspapers across the country and to the military governors of each province, especially send it three times to the radio station of the Third Army Corps in Luanzhou!"

The chief of staff picked up the telegram and was stunned: "Chief of Staff, you want to issue a nationwide telegram announcing your resignation? And you even request to return to Fengtian to be imprisoned and tried?!"

It was written very clearly in the telegram.

Yang Yuting acknowledges his mismanagement in Jiangnan, which resulted in the loss of troops and territory, and has failed the trust placed in him by the Commander-in-Chief and the soldiers. Effective immediately, he formally resigns from his positions as Chief of Staff of the Fengtian Army and all other military and political posts, resigning completely! He will return to Fengtian alone to plead guilty before the Commander-in-Chief, requesting to be imprisoned to await a military trial and a thorough investigation into all his faults!

"Send it out!"

Yang Yuting sneered, "Didn't that Guo devil raise an army under the pretext of killing me? Now I've resigned from my post and am going to the marshal's mansion to stand trial! I'll let the whole world, let the 70,000 soldiers of the Third Army Corps, open their eyes wide and see that even though I, Yang Yuting, have already stepped down and gone to jail, if Guo Songling still refuses to stop his advance, then is he really purging the court of corrupt officials, or is he plotting something, trying to rebel against the Zhang family!"

This move, which cuts off the enemy's lifeline, is extremely ruthless.

This directly tore away the fig leaf of "righteously purging the emperor's corrupt advisors" that Guo Songling was wearing.

As long as Guo Songling continues to fight his way into the pass, that would be utter rebellion!

"Chief of Staff, where do we go next? Should we stay in Yanzhou and meet up with Zhang Xiaokun?"

"The chief of staff asked."

"Should we stay in Shandong and wait to die?"

Yang Yuting grabbed his woolen overcoat and draped it over his shoulders: "Zhang Zongchang's men just suffered a defeat. Hoping they'll save us is like hoping pigs will fly! The land route is blocked by Guo's devils, so we'll take the sea! Prepare the car, take the Jiaoji Railway, and then the train to Qingdao Port!"

Late that night, Yang Yuting led a dozen guards and left the Yanzhou camp, taking a train to Qingdao.

Upon arriving at the Qingdao port, Yang Yuting didn't say a word. He had someone take 10,000 silver dollars to the comprador of the British Swire Shipping Company and chartered a British cargo ship for a hefty sum.

In the early hours of the morning, the cargo ship sounded its horn and sailed out of Jiaozhou Bay, cutting through the Yellow Sea waves all the way north.

Yang Yuting stood on the bow deck, his coat fluttering in the sea breeze.

Gazing at the dark sea to the north, he gripped the iron railings tightly with both hands.

Dalian was a Japanese-leased territory, and Guo Songling's reach couldn't extend to Dalian no matter how far he went.

Once you get to Dalian, you can return to Fengtian by following the South Manchurian Railway!

"Guo Maochen, you want my life? Let's settle this under the walls of Fengtian City and see who dies first!"

Yang Yuting squeezed out those words through gritted teeth, then turned and crawled into the cabin.

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