Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 140: First meeting with my brother-in-law Yang Jiakai

After an in-depth conversation among the three, Yang Jiakai and Duan Jinshu initially agreed to Su Zhengyang's plan.

Today, Zhang Chengxiang is just as Su Zhengyang said, going against the original intention of the establishment of the Northern Xinjiang government. Keeping him around will also be a huge hidden danger to the future.

If the three provinces of Zhili and Central Plains could be under control, the centralization of power would be a huge deterrent to other warlord forces with ulterior motives.

The next morning, Su Zhengyang was invited to the Yang Residence. Yang Qiyue, who had heard from Yang Jiakai that Su Zhengyang had taken on the extremely dangerous task of quelling the hidden dangers in Shanghai at the National Assembly, came up to him immediately and said to Su Zhengyang with an unhappy look, "You are the only one who knows how to show off. Now Shanghai may have obviously escaped the control of the Northern Frontier Government. The danger is extremely great. What do you want me to do if something happens?"

Su Zhengyang touched Yang Qiyue's head and comforted her softly, "I never do anything I'm not sure of. Don't worry, I will definitely come back safely and marry you."

Yang Qiyue's pretty face turned slightly red, and she rolled her eyes at Su Zhengyang: "You really make me worry. You must take me with you when you go to Shanghai this time. After all, I am the president's daughter. With me by your side, even if Zhang Liye wants to touch you, he will have some reservations."

Su Zhengyang frowned and said, "You don't have to worry about me. If you follow me, it might cause you some unnecessary trouble. Just stay in Beilong City and wait for my good news."

In the main hall, Yang Jiakai sat in the main seat, and below him sat a young man wearing a Beiyang military uniform. He looked serious and resolute, and was over 1.85 meters tall. At first glance, the impression given was that he was definitely a fierce general.

From the rank on his uniform, it can be seen that this is a Beiyang officer at the rank of major general.

In the entire Beiyang, apart from Su Zhengyang, the only generals under the age of 35 were Yang Chengjun, the eldest son of Yang Jiakai, the biological brother of Yang Qiyue and one of the Four Young Masters of China.

Yang Jiakai looked at Su Zhengyang in front of him and went straight to the point: "Since this trip to Shanghai is inevitable, you must be fully prepared. The situation in Shanghai is urgent. It is too late for you to transfer troops from the northwest to accompany you south. With the few people around you, there is no way to guarantee your safety."

"I will let Cheng Jun lead 12,000 elite soldiers from Beilong Town, one of the six towns in the northern border, to go south with you. With more than 10,000 elite soldiers in hand, Zhang Liye will not be too embarrassed to you. In addition, I have also informed the Feng Clan in Huizhou. If anything goes wrong, you can immediately ask Feng Changan for help. The 150,000 Feng Clan troops will rush to Shanghai to support you."

Su Zhengyang felt warm in his heart. Although Yang Jiakai felt that his decision was too rash, when he could not change the established facts, he quietly helped him arrange everything. This showed that Yang Jiakai truly regarded him as the son-in-law of the Yang family.

Yang Chengjun stood up, smiled, strode to Su Zhengyang, and patted Su Zhengyang on the shoulder.

"Good boy, the apple of our Yang family's eye is just a bargain for you. However, a 23-year-old congressman is worthy of our Yang family. Remember this, if you dare to let Qi Yue down in the future, I will be the first to deal with you!"

Su Zhengyang nodded and looked at his elder brother-in-law in front of him. His elder brother-in-law was no simple man. He went abroad to study in Europe at the age of sixteen, joined the army at the age of twenty, followed the direct troops of the six towns in the northern border, and experienced dozens of battles of all sizes. He could be regarded as a truly famous iron-blooded general.

There is no doubt that Yang Chengjun will be the future commander-in-chief of the six towns.

Mrs. Yang rolled her eyes at Yang Chengjun.

"This is your first time meeting your future brother-in-law. Why don't you act so fierce? Ask the kitchen to prepare a table of delicious food so that our family can have a good gathering."

Su Zhengyang had lunch with the four members of the Yang family. At the dinner table, his relationship with Yang Chengjun quickly became closer. Yang Chengjun and Su Zhengyang had some similarities. They were both passionate and aggressive. Yang Chengjun also admired Su Zhengyang's series of actions of starting from scratch and founding the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

When Yang Jiakai mentioned that Su Zhengyang scolded Zhang Chengxiang at the congressional meeting, Yang Chengjun slammed the table in excitement.

"Well, Zhang Chengxiang, this old fool, is not doing his job and is flirting with the Japanese. I have disliked him for a long time. Good scolding! Today I will make it clear."

Su Zhengyang also developed a lot of affection for his brother-in-law, who had a generous personality and a broad mind.

In order to ensure Su Zhengyang's safety during his trip to Shanghai, his elder brother-in-law assembled an army and set out overnight, leading a team of more than 10,000 people from Beilong Town, braving the wind and snow, and rushing back to Beilong City from Yuanzhou. This move also made Su Zhengyang feel a sense of belonging to the Yang family for the first time. After all, when he marries Yang Qiyue in the future, the Yang family will become his own.

"Zhang Liye from Shanghai, this guy was a Frunze alumnus of the same class as me when he was abroad. He had excellent grades and was outstanding, but he never had a good impression of our Northern Frontier. Instead, he was very close to the people of the Southern Government. This time, you want to appease Zhang Liye on behalf of the Northern Frontier Government and take back the control of the Songhu Army. It can be said that it is as difficult as ascending to heaven. He has the final say in the Songhu Army. To put it bluntly, for the 50,000 troops of the Songhu Army, the Zhang family is the emperor in their eyes!"

"We can't be too tough with Zhang Liye, but we also need to show that our Northern Frontier government will never give up Shanghai easily. It's hard to control the balance here."

Su Zhengyang listened to Yang Chengjun talking and nodded calmly.

In fact, Su Zhengyang had never thought about sitting down at the negotiation table with Zhang Liye to talk it out slowly. What is needed for negotiation is confidence and bargaining chips. Now the Northern Frontier government has even lost control of the Songhu Army, the only army in Shanghai that belongs to the Northern Frontier system. What can it use to negotiate with the other side?

According to Su Zhengyang's own analysis, Zhang Liye is probably now on the same page with the Southern Government.

The reason why they didn't make it clear was just to test the attitude and bottom line of Northern Xinjiang. Otherwise, why would those old foxes in Congress shirk responsibility and be unwilling to take on this task? Because in their opinion, not only is there little hope of achieving the goal, but it is even very likely that they will be left in Shanghai by the traitor Zhang Liye and face life-threatening danger.

Su Zhengyang's confidence is the Skeleton Division that he can summon at any time. Since the problem cannot be solved by negotiation, he simply overturned the table. Whoever dares to blow up the thorns, I will kill him! The best way is to suppress the Songhu Army by force and solve Zhang Liye's problem.

The Northern Frontier government certainly understands that it can take tough measures, but now any slight disturbance will attract the attention of the Zhang family. If you, the Northern Frontier, really want to send troops south, the Southern Country government will not sit idly by.

"I am now increasingly curious about what ideas you can come up with to solve the current predicament faced by the Northern Frontier government in Shanghai."

Yang Jiakai looked at Su Zhengyang, whose expression was calm and steady as a rock, and gave him a meaningful look.