Volume IV, Chapter 602 of the Battle of Unification

Originally, Wu Guangxin packed up his fineness and was ready to leave on a steamer, but after learning the news of the withdrawal of the Hubei Army, he sat back at the headquarters and shouted: "What's the matter? Cao Kun, that old man dares to move me to try, dare to move me to try? I gave him two dares, but he didn't dare. ”

The Hubei army, which was directly related to Wu Guangxin's troops, really stopped and did not continue the offensive, and the Sun Jianye Brigade of the First Brigade of Hubei and the Kou Yingjie Brigade of the Second Brigade of Hubei took the opportunity to return to their own defense areas.

At this time, Li Chun, the head of the three governors of the Yangtze River, was in a trance all day, and Feng Yinbin, as the commander of the city defense, could not stay in front of him all day, but Qi Xieyuan would rather leave his troops in Zhenjiang and stay by Li Chun's side, and Li Chun was also relieved to be with him. It can be seen that in Li Chun's heart, Feng Yinbin, the son-in-law, is not as trustworthy as his henchmen after all. When Feng Yinbin visited, he saw Li Chun suddenly pointing at himself and saying, "He wants to kill me, he wants to kill me." His daughter Li Lin cried and said that this is your son-in-law, and he will definitely not kill you, but Li Chun shook his head and said, "He is going to kill me, he is going to kill me." Feng Yinbin had to retreat, and after Qi Xieyuan walked out, he smiled bitterly at Feng Yinbin: "Shan Shuai is afraid that it is ......" Feng Yinbin had to say helplessly: "Please also ask Master Qi to take care of me, you are my father-in-law's greatest support." Qi Xieyuan said: "You're welcome, the mountain handsome treat me like a kiss." Feng Yinbin sneered in his heart, treat you like a kiss, doesn't it mean that my son-in-law is always not as good as a kiss?

A few days later, Li Chun finally committed suicide with a gun due to a trance, and many rumors in the market said that his henchman Qi Xieyuan was assassinated. But Feng Yinbin knew that his father-in-law was really hollowing out his body. There is only one shell left, and death is a matter of time.

Li Lin and the people who left home were in a mess. Feng Yinbin, as the head of Li Chun's Guards Regiment and the commander of Nanjing's city defense, first ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and hung white flips on every house.

In the evening, Huang Baitao came to report again that he had caught Pi Yongqiang and Li Chun's concubine, and the two of them were committing adultery outside at the time of their great mourning, which was really heinous and should be hanged. After hearing this, Feng Yinbin led the guards forward, and he opened his handle. After all, this is Li Chun's family matter, and the left and right guards are outsiders, which is not good. And Feng Yinbin is Li Chun's son-in-law, and he is Li Chun's family, and his family implements family law, and it is really difficult for outsiders to mix. Feng Yinbin walked directly to the disheveled two and said angrily: "My father-in-law just died. You two can't wait? ”

Pi Yongqiang knelt on the ground and kowtowed and said, "Commander, spare your life, spare your life." ”

Feng Yinbin sneered: "Do you think I can spare you?" ”

Pi Yongqiang felt a cold shiver all over his body, and his urine was scared out, and he saw Feng Yinbin open the pistol holster and take out a pistol and put it at his head. Suddenly he thought of a condition for survival, and shouted, "I know a secret! As long as you don't kill me and Juan, I will promise you everything. ”

Feng Yinbin frowned and said, "It's okay, it's quite a gentleman." I also know how to protect women. ”

The woman named Juan, Li Chun's concubine on the side, begged: "Commander, you can bypass us." Li Chun, he is not a man, but I am a woman, Brother Pi was killed by me, if you want to kill me, kill me. She cried to Pi Yongqiang: "Brother Pi, it's me who can't stand you, it's me who seduced you, Brother Pi, thank you for letting me know what a woman is." The two of them began to cry with their heads in their heads.

Feng Yinbin said angrily: "Don't be sensational there, cross the fuck, what a secret." ”

"If you promise me not to kill me and Juan, I will say that I will help you." Pi Yongqiang said with a rare hard breath.

"It's not worth the price of your secret."

Pi Yongqiang gritted his teeth and said: "Qi Xieyuan is going to hold a meeting in the next step, so that others can nominate him as the overseer of Jiangsu, and he contacted Wu Peifu, the patrol envoy of the two lakes, once Wu Peifu supports him as the overseer, he will lead the army to attack the territory of Anhui and escort Wu Peifu." ”

Feng Yinbin touched his smooth chin and said to himself: "What kind of secret is this, if I were Qi Xieyuan, I would do the same." With that, he took out a gun and put it on Pi Yongqiang's head.

Pi Yongqiang was so frightened that he closed his eyes and shouted: "Qi Xieyuan is also preparing to disband the Overseer Guard Regiment, and is ready to arrange for you to go to Germany to study on behalf of your direct family, just to put you in the air, and then arrange an accident." ”

Feng Yinbin put away the gun and said, "Really? ”

"Really, if there is a lie, I, Pi Yongqiang, would like to be hit by five thunderstorms from the sky."

"How do you know?"

Pi Yongqiang stammered: "I am Qi Xieyuan's henchman who was placed by Li Dujun's side, I am Qi Xieyuan's person, if you deal with Qi Xieyuan, you have to be me, so you can't kill me." ”

Feng Yinbin nodded and sighed, "I really can't kill you." Then he walked over, pulled him up, and said: "Adjutant Pi, I can't hide it, I am the person of the martial general Wang Maoru, whether you are a general of Shangwu who has millions of troops or a direct line of only a few hundred thousand people, you have to think carefully." Sooner or later, Xiushuai will unify the whole country, I believe that you are a smart person, even the Japanese dare not provoke Xiushuai, Wu Peifu ...... Hmph, it's just like crumbling tiles. Pi Yongqiang thought for a while, lowered his head and said, "Commander, I'm not stupid, I'll do whatever you tell me to do." "Feng

Yin Bin smiled and nodded, his confident expression was very similar to Wang Maoru.

After Pi Yongqiang was imprisoned, the next day Feng Yinbin called his henchmen Huang Baitao, Du Deming, Nian Congsheng, and Shao Yushu together, Feng Yinbin said: "The so-called one day and one courtier, you are all raised by me with my own hands, and now that my father-in-law is gone, I also estimate that I will be dismissed, do you four have any plans?" ”

Huang Baitao hurriedly said: "Tuanzao, what are you talking about." ”

The other three were graduates of Feng Yinbin's Yakeshi Military Academy, who were transferred from the National Defense Force, and the instructions they received were to fully cooperate with Feng Yinbin, and as for how to cooperate, they all supported Feng Yinbin's command, so naturally they would not say anything.

Feng Yinbin said: "Now that the war of Zhiwan has just ended, the Anhui troops have been defeated, and the direct line originally wanted to enter the central government, but unexpectedly was intervened by Xiushuai. I guess I can't swallow this breath, and there will be a war in the central government. I came from the Wehrmacht. Naturally, on Xiushuai's side, you are all my henchmen. It's all on one side of the other. But according to my observation, Qi Xieyuan is ready to stand here with Wu Peifu, so it's best to be able to ...... now."

Huang Baitao said with blazing eyes: "How to do it?" Please say. ”

Feng Yinbin saw that his henchmen looked ambitious, and knew that they must have been moved, and once they were successful, they would fight their mother, so he said in a deep voice: "Now that the dragons of Jiangsu have no leader, Qi Xieyuan has the most hope of becoming the overseer of Jiangsu." We're going to take him out first, and then we're going to replace him with our own. ”

"Your own people? Who? ”

Huang Baitao smiled: "Do you still need to say it?" Naturally, it's a group. ”

Feng Yinbin waved his hand and said, "No, but we can apply for Li Tingyu to temporarily take over the position of overseer." ”

Several people were surprised in their hearts, Feng Yinbin's plan was not bold, and for now, the entire city of Nanjing was under his control, and it was extremely easy to kill Qi Xieyuan. It's just that there must be an excuse to kill Qi Xieyuan. What excuse to use to kill is a question after all. Although it was rumored that Qi Xieyuan forged Li Chun's suicide note, Li Lin, the youngest daughter who stayed by Li Chun's side, did not lie, these suicide notes were indeed from Li Chun's mouth, and Li Tingyu wrote them on his behalf. One of the items in the suicide note was to donate a quarter of his family property to Zhang Boling, who was raising funds in Tianjin at this time to open Nankai University. There is also a suicide note written to himself, to treat his family well.

Since it is in Nanjing, the conspiracy of several people will not reach the mouth of the second person. When the funeral was about to be held, all the military and political dignitaries in the province came to Li Chun's mansion. One by one, one after another, wreaths, people kept sending messages of condolences, and Wang Maoru also sent telegrams on behalf of the National Defense Army. He expressed deep regret over the death of Li Chun, the general of peace.

That night, the guests came in a hurry. Hurried away again, after all, this is not a wedding feast, and there is not much point in staying here, just cry twice. Only the old and young who left home cried, and Qi Xieyuan, as Li Chun's henchman, had long been designated as the heir of the overseer, and the last time Li Chun let Qi Xieyuan serve as the envoy of the Songhu Protector, it was enough to explain Qi Xieyuan's status in Li Chun's heart. Now, Qi Xieyuan is here to thank everyone, and it is clear that he is the next overseer.

After a busy day, Qi Xieyuan returned home, took off his filial piety clothes, and his old mother said angrily: "Are you looking forward to my early death? ”

Qi Xieyuan hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "What does the old mother say, my son really has to do it, Li Dujun treats me like a nephew, and I should wear a linen belt for him to be filial." "His old mother is not an unreasonable person, just muttering and nagging, the old man loves to meddle in things, no matter what it is.

After the old mother left, Qi Xieyuan washed his face, and an adjutant said: "Report, when Feng Yinbin, the commander of Nanjing City Defense, has a secret, he has already notified the commanders including Chen Tiaoyuan, Gong Bangduo, Zhao Ruilong, Chief of Staff, Zhang Renkui, Yang Chunpu, Li Tingyu, Senator of the Overseer's Office, and all the officers. ”

"Do what?" Qi Xieyuan was unhappy, this Feng Yinbin was really a thorn in his eye, fortunately Li Chun died early, if Li Chun died a few years later, wouldn't Jiangsu still have sex Feng?

The adjutant said: "Commander Feng said that the snake can't be without a head, and I hope to jointly nominate you as the overseer of Jiangsu." ”

Qi Xieyuan couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, but he said: "How can this be this, how can this be, Li Dujun's bones are not cold, let's talk about this later......"

The adjutant arrived: "Master, then I will refuse them...... Still is? ”

"Let me think about it." Qi Xieyuan said, he was still a little worried that Feng Yinbin had bad intentions, but then Pi Yongqiang secretly ran and said: "Feng Jihua is scared, worried that the commander will deal with him, so he recommended you as the overseer of Jiangsu, the purpose is that in the future, you will be the overseer and his credit will be the greatest, and you will definitely be embarrassed to deal with him." ”

"Young man, naïve, naïve, hahahaha." Qi Xieyuan laughed.

Pi Yongqiang smiled: "That's it, he's just a little tiger, you're an old hunter." Do you want to go or not to make this offer? Qi Xieyuan thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I'll go in person, it's up to the central government to decide who will be the overseer, not us local officials." He was a little complacent, but he didn't expect the danger to come, after all, he didn't think that someone would use a plot to harm him.