Li Houji, the overseer of Fujian, led the main force of 6,000 Fujian troops into Fuzhou City. Facing the elite Beiyang army that occupied the head of the city, Li Houji seemed to have a feeling that his Fujian army was a foreign army.

"Where's your Cao Dashuai?" Since the moment he entered the city, Li Houji's face has not looked good. Cao Kun was so arrogant that he only let a small colonel greet him, and he despised him so much.

"Report to Master Li, the handsome man occasionally feels a cold and is resting." Cao Kun's adjutant, Colonel Ma Ze, said.

"Occasional chills?" Li Houji's face changed.

"Lord Li, please rest assured, although the handsome man occasionally feels cold, he does not dare to snub the adult. We have chartered the most luxurious inn in the city as Lord Lee's camp. Ma Ze said respectfully.

"What? What about the Overseer's House? Li Houji's face darkened. What do you Cao Kun mean, you really regard this Fuzhou City as your Cao Kun's own territory. He, the real owner, didn't even have a choice of where to live.

"Back to Lord Li. When our department took over the city of Fuzhou from the hands of the Kuomintang rebels, I had never heard of any overseers' mansions. The mansion in the center of the city was originally the headquarters of the rebels, but after being occupied by our army, it was temporarily used as the headquarters of our army. Cao Dashuai also lived there to recuperate! Ma Ze said with a smile on his face. Cao Kun doesn't care about Li Houji, after all, a commander-level general with real power and an overseer from a marginal province, it's really hard to say who is more important than the other. But Ma Ze, a small colonel adjutant, did not feel offended by Li Houji. Li Houji can't deal with Cao Kun, and it's still easy to deal with him as a small school officer.

"What! Cao Kun lives in the Central Mansion? Li Houji's face regained his calm after the extreme change.

"Take me to him!" Li Houji said in a deep voice. The calmness on his face made the adjutant feel uneasy.

"Overseer, the commander has orders, the overseer's long march is hard, please rest first!" The adjutant said cautiously. In fact, Cao Kun's original words were: "Long march, full of stinky sweat, who wants to see him." Ma Ze didn't dare to copy the original words, otherwise even if Li Houji was well-cultivated, he would immediately turn his face with Cao Kun.

"No need to ......" Li Hou basically wanted to go directly to see Cao Kun. Let's see what Cao Kun means. But the staff behind him gently pulled him. Li Houji's words were interrupted. He could only give up the idea of going to see Cao Kun immediately.

"Lead the way! Let's go rest! **, you take the troops to the east of the city and settle down. "Looking at the current posture in the city, the military camp of the Min army must have been occupied by the Beiyang Army. He can be regarded as having understood Cao Kun's domineering. The city lord's mansion is all occupied, not to mention the ready-made military camp. The eastern part of the city is a residential area, and there must have been many abandoned houses due to the war. It is still possible to house an army of a few thousand men.

In the center of Fuzhou City, in the former Overseer's Mansion.

Cao Kun hugged Zhengxiang, who slept with a charming woman. Unlike Wu Peifu's resolute style, Cao Kun will not wronged himself no matter what the environment. Think about a man who doesn't forget to find a relationship to get a good boat when he leads a large army to fight, and then brings a few beautiful concubines, in a place like Fujian, he will definitely not forget to look for flowers and ask willows. In addition, the Qinglou culture in this era has not diminished at all because of the establishment of the Republic of China, but has more signs of prosperity because of the wars in various places. Which high-ranking official's mansion does not have a few beautiful concubines. Cao Kun's action was very sudden, so suddenly that he stepped on the navy ship without even bringing his concubine. During the period from Nanjing to Fujian, Cao Dashuai was suffocated on the monotonous ship. Now that he has finally come ashore, he naturally wants to "rest and recuperate"!

A sad-faced adjutant approached the Overseer's Mansion. As Cao Kun's temporary deputy, he thinks he knows his handsome character very well. Cao Kun is notoriously tactful. Many times it is not offended to do things for others, and then the left and right are the source, which is also the reason why he was able to rise rapidly in the Beiyang system. But since entering Fujian, Cao Kun's movements have puzzled him. If you follow the style of the previous handsome. After entering Fuzhou City, he would never choose to live in the Overseer's Mansion. I won't still be sleeping with Mei Ji in this situation. This kind of domineering adjutant has never seen it, so naturally there is some scrambled meaning.

Ma Ze can be said to be Wu Peifu's hand. After Wu Peifu remained in Henan, he was promoted to temporarily take charge of Cao Kun's adjutant. Of course, Ma Ze does not have Wu Peifu's means and prestige, but he can be regarded as a capable person by Wu Peifu's confidant. For capable people, Cao Kun has always been very trusting. Although Ma Ze is only a small school officer, Cao Kun, a Beiyang general, still values him very much. Ma Ze is not Wu Peifu, Cao Kun naturally will not listen to him, but he can still listen to his military advice.

"Is the handsome up?" Maze asked. He now finally knew why Yu Shuai was an all-rounder. Cao Kun's ability is not to mention, but being his adjutant has to manage all aspects of things. If it weren't for Wu Peifu and Cao Kun supporting him behind his back, how could a small officer Ma Ze be able to command the many generals under Cao Kun's seat.

"Not yet! Colonel, is there something urgent? The waiter asked in a whisper.

Ma Ze nodded, hesitated for a long time and approached the courtyard.

"Marshal, Li Hou's Christian Army is back. I've placed him in the inn. Ma Ze said as he stood in the courtyard. He didn't dare to enter the house. In the entire Beiyang system, only Wu Peifu was able to enter Cao Kun's room under such circumstances. Of course, if it weren't for the tense situation of the military situation, Yu Shuai would not have done such a rash thing. After all, Cao Dashuai is fat, and there is really nothing to see.

"Got it. Let's go ahead with the original plan! Cao Kun's indifferent voice came out of the room.

The adjutant's face changed, and he was a little speechless, but looking at the quiet courtyard, Ma Ze could only say yes in a deep voice.

Walking out of Cao Kun's main courtyard, the adjutant began to get busy. In the original plan, Cao Kun was going to meet with Li Houji. After all, he is a comrade in Beiyang. But for some unknown reason, Cao Kun did not show up. This naturally made it very difficult for one of Maze's adjutants. I can't decide whether the next plan should be carried out.

Fuzhou Inn.

Although Fuzhou City also has concessions, it is not at the same level as Tianjin, Shanghai, and Beijing. There are also no weighty people in the Fuzhou Concession. After the founding of the Republic of China, almost all the country's trade was opened under the oppression of the great powers, and the Yangtze River basin and the northern coast were the focus of the trade of the great powers, and Fujian, a barren province, had long since lost its earlier prosperity.

"Damn! Bastard! Cao Kun dared to despise the old man so much! What a match! "Since he Li Houji was valued by Li Zhongtang in Beiyang, he has been respected everywhere he goes for decades, and this kind of contempt is the first time he has tried.

"Overseer, don't be impatient. We can't be dismayed by Cao Kun's contempt! The gloomy staff said.

"Du Yuanze, what do you suggest?" Although Li Houji slowly calmed down, the look on his face was still very ugly.

"Overseer, we're now in Fuzhou City. The first thing to do was to find out the situation in Fuzhou City and understand the purpose of Cao Kun and his party. After all, you are the rightful overseer of Fuzhou, and Cao Kun's troops will not stay here for long. When Cao Kun leaves, the whole of Fujian will still be the overseer, and you have the final say. Du Yuanze smiled and said.

"You mean we're going to put up with it?" Li Houji also knew in his heart that in the current form of Fuzhou City, it would not be of the slightest benefit to him to have a bad relationship with Cao Kun. But he has been the king of Fujian for a long time, and he is still indignant in the face of this powerless situation. Because of Cao Kun, Fuzhou fell back into the hands of Beiyang, which is a good thing, and Li Houji is happy to see it. But Cao Kun's posture in Fuzhou City made Li Houji have a bad premonition. The Beiyang Army took over the defense of the entire city of Fuzhou. The Beiyang Army can be seen at the four city gates, and even the navy of the CNOOC Beiyang Army is stationed on the Minjiang River on the edge of Fuzhou. What made Li Houji even more unbearable was that Cao Kun actually occupied his own Overseer's Mansion in a grand manner. He refused to return it on the grounds that it had been taken back from the rebels.

"Zhang Qiyuan, you immediately inquire about the whereabouts of this overseer's family. Although the Kuomintang broke through the city of Fuzhou, the old man believed that Sun Wen would not dare to touch the old man's family. Thinking of his family who had no news, Li Houji was even more anxious.

Zhang Qiyuan is one of Li Houji's two major aides, and he is relatively square, with a kind of pedantic atmosphere of traditional literati. It is in stark contrast to another gloomy staff, Du Yuanze. The two have been following Lee Houji for a long time and have been serving as Lee Houji's personal staff. Although it did not have a reputation, it was very valued by Li Houji. From the fact that Li Houji has been able to stand tall in the officialdom for decades, it can also be seen that his staff team is still very powerful.

"Yes!" Zhang Qiyuan didn't dare to slack off.

Li Houji went south to quell the rebellion, so naturally he would not bring his family with him. After the city of Fuzhou was breached, his family also fell into the hands of the Kuomintang, and Li Houji was worried that the Kuomintang would threaten him with the lives of his family. Later, after Cao Kun occupied Fuzhou, he did not mention his family's situation to him. This is also one of the reasons why he insisted on coming to Fuzhou City first despite Cao Kun's order.

Late at night, the city of Fuzhou was full of people. The east of the city, where the main force of the Min army was located, was flooded by groups of elite Beiyang soldiers. The already exhausted Min army was disarmed by the Beiyang Army almost without resistance. After all, although the Fujian Army is independent, it is a branch of the Beiyang Army and is under the leadership of the Beiyang Central Committee. Naturally, there is no defense against one's own people. By the time Li Houji got the news, the inn where the others were had been controlled by the Beiyang Army.

"Cao Kun, you actually came to the old man!" Lee Houji's face was full of regret. If Du Yuanze's advice had been listened to at that time, the Min army would not have plunged into Cao Kun's arms. Now that the Min army has been disarmed by the Beiyang Army, and he himself is also controlled, the overall situation has been decided, and it is too late to regret it.

(To be continued)