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

Holding a feather duster, Zhang Zuolin looked at his son's heartbroken expression, as if he wanted to tear Guo Songling to pieces, and his doubts subsided considerably.

He knew that although Xiao Liuzi was a scoundrel, he had no guts to kill his father and usurp the throne; he was simply being made a fool of by Guo Songling.

"You want to settle accounts? The Third Army Corps is all your men, and now they've all run off with that devil Guo. I don't have any more soldiers for you to die!"

Zhang Zuolin was furious and raised a feather duster to hit Zhang Hanqing on the back.

At this moment, Madam Lu, Madam Wu, and Xishun, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, quickly grabbed Zhang Zuolin's arm tightly.

"General! General, please calm down!"

Madam Lu stepped in front of Zhang Hanqing and advised, "How can this be entirely Hanqing's fault? You can know a person's face but not their heart. Guo Songling himself is a traitor and an ingrate, and Hanqing was also deceived and is feeling terrible right now!"

The Fifth Madam chimed in, "Yes, Commander, with a formidable enemy at hand, this is the time for father and son to work together. If you harm Hanqing, who will take charge of military affairs at the front lines? If anyone is to be killed or punished, it should be directed at Guo Songling, not your own child!"

happy Shun took the feather duster from Zhang Zuolin's hand and said, "Marshal, the young marshal is so filial. He was about to fight Guo the devil as soon as he entered the door. You're just worried about getting sick."

Several concubines took turns trying to persuade him, but Zhang Zuolin, panting heavily, plopped back into his armchair and pointed at Zhang Hanqing kneeling on the ground, cursing, "If it weren't for these women pleading for you, I would have skinned you alive today! Get up!"

Zhang Hanqing had just stood up from the ground and hadn't even had time to wipe his sweat.

A series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

The head of the confidential office rushed in again, his face even paler than before. He held a newly translated coded telegram in his hand, his lips trembling.

"What the hell happened this time? Has Guo's devils invaded Shanhaiguan?!"

Zhang Zuolin glared and shouted.

"No...no..."

The head of the confidential office swallowed hard, his voice strained: "General, Young Marshal... news just came from our Luanzhou informant at great risk: this morning, Governor Jiang... Governor Jiang Dengxuan passed through Luanzhou by car, went into the city to confront Guo Songling, and was detained by Guo Songling."

Zhang Zuolin suddenly stood up: "Chao Liu has entered Luanzhou?! Where is he now?!"

Zhang Hanqing was also stunned. He took a step forward and stared at the head of the confidential office: "Why did Guo Maochen withhold the award for the military governor?!"

The head of the confidential office lowered his head, his voice trembling: "Guo Songling forced Governor Jiang to sign the telegram against Fengtian, but Governor Jiang refused to comply even at the cost of his life. He slammed his fist on the table in the headquarters and cursed Guo Songling for betraying his superiors and friends, calling him a heartless traitor... In a fit of rage, Guo Songling immediately ordered Governor Jiang to be dragged to the backyard... and shot!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the study fell into a deathly silence.

Zhang Zuolin stood frozen in place, his eyes wide open, his lips trembling several times, but he couldn't utter a sound.

Standing to the side, Zhang Hanqing was truly dumbfounded this time. The expression on his face was no longer feigned, but genuine astonishment and shock!

He had previously burned secret reports in Tianjin and allowed Guo Songling to raise an army, calculating that Guo Songling would use the pretext of "purging the court of corrupt officials" to detain a group of old-school generals. However, he never dreamed that Jiang Dengxuan, who had just returned from Jiangnan, would pass through Luanzhou at this critical juncture. He also never expected that Jiang Dengxuan would go to Guo Songling's camp alone, curse him, and finally die under Guo Songling's gun!

This was completely beyond his expectations!

Among the famous "Five Tiger Generals" of the Fengtian Army (Jiang Dengxuan, Guo Songling, Han Linchun, Li Jinglin, and Zhang Zongchang), Jiang Dengxuan was recognized as having the best character and reputation.

Jiang Chaoliu is a generous and magnanimous person who values ​​loyalty over profit and is strict with himself.

In the era when the Beiyang warlords were exploiting their soldiers and drawing salaries without working, Jiang Dengxuan never withheld a single penny from his troops and usually ate the same meals as the common soldiers.

On the battlefield, he always took the lead and rushed to the front. When he saw a wounded soldier fall to the ground, he, a dignified army commander, would personally squat down to bandage the soldier's wounds.

Although Jiang Dengxuan also graduated from the Japanese Army Academy and belonged to Yang Yuting's "NCO faction," he had a peaceful personality and never took the initiative to cause trouble or got involved in the messy affairs of factional infighting. Whether in the eyes of old-timers like Zhang Zuoxiang and Tang Yulin or in the eyes of young officers, everyone respected him.

Jiang Dengxuan was highly regarded by his own father, Zhang Zuolin.

After the Fengtian Army suffered a crushing defeat in the first Zhili-Fengtian War, my father, after much painful reflection, initiated military reforms. He appointed Jiang Dengxuan as the deputy director of the Northeast Army Reorganization Office, entrusting him with the task of reorganizing the Fengtian Army.

During the Second Zhili-Fengtian War, Jiang Dengxuan was appointed commander of the First Army and made great contributions in his own right.

Later, when he went south to serve as the governor of Anhui, even though he had just been driven back by Sun Chuanfang, his father never blamed him and always treated him as a trusted confidant and right-hand man.

Even Zhang Hanqing himself held Jiang Dengxuan in the highest esteem.

Last year, during the battles at Shanhaiguan and Jiukou, Jiang Dengxuan's First Army and his Third Army fought side by side, their cooperation seamless.

Zhang Hanqing highly regarded Jiang Dengxuan's character and talent. However, because Guo Songling was hostile to the officer faction and had a deep conflict with Jiang Dengxuan, Zhang Hanqing was caught in the middle and could not get too close to Jiang Dengxuan.

But this loyal and devoted man, a man of unwavering integrity, died in Luanzhou!

"Super Six...Super Six is ​​dead?!"

Zhang Zuolin's voice was hoarse, like a broken bellows. He strode up to the head of the confidential department and grabbed him by the collar: "That devil Guo really dared to kill Chao Liu?! Where's the body? Where is Chao Liu's body?!"

The head of the confidential office, his eyes red-rimmed, knelt down with a thud and, with a sob in his voice, recounted even more heartbreaking details:

"General... After Guo Songling ordered the execution of Governor Jiang, he had his body put into a sack and thrown into the Luan River... But the officer in charge of the execution, remembering Governor Jiang's kindness in the army, couldn't bear to let the governor feed the fish, so he secretly found a thin coffin, put Governor Jiang in it, and took it outside the city to be buried..."

At this point, the head of the confidential office choked up, unable to breathe: "Later, our men secretly went to exhume the coffin to try and bring the governor's body back. When we dug it open, we discovered... the shot during the execution hadn't hit a vital organ; Governor Jiang had only lost consciousness from blood loss! After the coffin was nailed shut and buried, Governor Jiang woke up inside... He struggled desperately, scratching at the coffin lid with his bare hands, breaking and cracking all ten of his fingers. The thin coffin lid was covered in bloody scratch marks... The governor suffocated to death in the coffin!"

These words struck like a hammer blow to the hearts of everyone in the study.

Several concubines standing nearby screamed in fright and covered their faces, bursting into tears.

Zhang Hanqing was startled and took half a step back before he could steady himself by holding onto the desk.

The image of Jiang Dengxuan waking up in a dark, cramped coffin, desperately scratching at the wooden planks with his fingers while bearing a gunshot wound, until he bled to death and suffocated in the ground.

Zhang Hanqing's eyes instantly reddened, and his right hand, hanging by his side, clenched into a fist.

He never imagined he would cause Jiang Dengxuan's death.

A wave of grief and guilt washed over me, and within seconds, this grief solidified into an even colder, harder rock in my heart.

Why did a loyal and righteous general like Jiang Dengxuan die tragically at the hands of his own people?

It's because the old Fengtian clique, which my father built up, has long been rotten to the core!

The sergeant faction, the Army University faction, and the veteran faction were all vying for power and profit, and the old man sat on top playing the balancing act, which fostered cancerous tumors like Guo Songling and Yang Yuting who treated human life like dirt!

Do not break or stand!

If we don't take advantage of this fire to completely smash the old Fengtian clique's jars and pots, and if Zhang Hanqing can't seize control of the entire Northeast military and political power, then Jiang Chaoliu's death will have been in vain, and such tragedies will be repeated again and again in the Fengtian army in the future!

"what……"

In the study, Zhang Zuolin roared like a wild beast.

P.S.: Chapter 2 is here, and there will be another chapter at noon.

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