nucmednet Chapter 307: The First Payment of the Courageous Asano Onryo
Chapter 307: The First Payment of the Courageous Asano Onryo
The news was passed back to the Kwantung Army Headquarters. According to Su Zhengyang's request, the Kwantung Army had to prepare 600 million oceans within three days and arrange for people to send the compensation to Beiyuan Town for the Northern Expedition Army to receive.
In the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Minamino Tojiro looked at the high-ranking generals of the Kwantung Army who were sitting around the conference table in front of him with their heads lowered, and slammed the table in anger.
"You always say that you are willing to serve the Emperor loyally, even if it means your death! But when the time comes to use you, have you all become cowards?"
"You are not worthy of being the generals of the Kwantung Army! You are not worthy of calling yourself the army warriors of our Fuso Empire!"
It turned out that when it came time to arrange for someone to lead the troops to escort the compensation to Beiyuan Town to hand it over to Su Zhengyang, none of the Kwantung Army generals who usually talked about their loyalty to the Fuso Empire were willing to take the initiative to take on this task.
Are you kidding? Even the deputy commander Fujiwara Yoshi was killed by Su Zhengyang. What's the difference between leading the troops to pay the compensation and walking into the tiger's mouth? If Su Zhengyang gets the money and turns his face against him, won't he be buried with Miura Uchie?
But paying the compensation and signing the treaty were not small matters, and it was necessary to send a person with great influence within the Kwantung Army to do it.
Just as Minamino Tojiro was furious about this, Asano Onryo, who was not even at the top of the military rank, stood up in the conference room and said seriously, "Commander Minamino, let me handle this difficult task. Please rest assured, Commander, I will sign the treaty and bring Lord Miura back safely."
Everyone present looked at Asano Atsuyoshi in surprise. You know, if they went to Beiyuan Town this time, not only would they lose their lives there if they were not careful, but this humiliating treaty was also destined to be recorded in history, and the people responsible for signing it might be infamous for eternity.
They had to secretly admire Asano Atsuyoshi's courage and bravery, while Minamino Tojiro was overjoyed. He walked up to him and patted Asano Atsuyoshi's shoulder with a look of satisfaction.
"As expected of a top graduate of the Fuso Army University, Asano-kun, you really did not disappoint me. This time, the task of signing the treaty and paying the compensation is now handed over to you. You must pay attention to your own safety."
Asano Wenliang stood straight and said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "Serving the Empire and being loyal to the Emperor is the duty of every soldier in the Empire!"
The next afternoon, a large amount of dollars and gold bars were placed in huge wooden boxes, filling up the cargo beds of two or three hundred transport trucks. Asano Atsuyoshi, leading the Fuso B-Class Division and the Jungo Division, escorted the compensation and set off towards Kitahara Town, southeast of Matsue City.
After a sixteen-hour journey, we successfully arrived at Beiyuan Town late at night on the third day.
At this moment, Sanura Uchie was even more anxious than Su Zhengyang. He wanted to complete the transaction immediately and leave this damn place.
As soon as Asano Wenliang led the transport convoy into the edge of Beiyuan Town, he met Li Yunlong, who had been waiting there and was ready to lead his men to receive the ocean.
Asano Wenliang, wearing a neat green military uniform, jumped down from the lead vehicle, staring at Li Yunlong who was looking at him coldly, and slowly said, "Mr. Li Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dragon God Special Forces. Mr. Li, I am the chief of the intelligence agency of the Fuso Kwantung Army, Asano Wenliang, and I have long heard of Mr. Li's name."
As the head of the Kwantung Army's intelligence agency, Asano Wenliang has memorized the information and photos of every important person around Su Zhengyang.
Li Yunlong's calm face showed a hint of surprise, but he did not show any courtesy to Asano Wenliang. He said coldly, "Have your escort troops retreat five kilometers away from Beiyuan Town. Only the driver is responsible for driving the car in. Also, open the cargo compartment. I want to check the compensation you sent."
Asano Atsuyoshi kept smiling and nodded towards Li Yunlong like a gentleman. Then he gave some instructions to his followers and the Chunxiang Division immediately began to evacuate to the northwest, leaving only Asano Atsuyoshi and the convoy transporting the compensation troops.
After a thorough inspection and confirming that there were no hidden dangerous items in the car and confiscating the weapons from Asano Atsuyoshi and others, Li Yunlong personally got on the lead car, sat next to Asano Atsuyoshi, and signaled them to drive the car into the town and head towards the town office.
The Japanese man Asano Atsuyoshi gave Li Yunlong a completely different impression from other Japanese devils. Most of the Japanese were only about 1.6 meters tall, but Asano Atsuyoshi was tall. When standing next to Li Yunlong, who was meters tall, he was half a head taller than him. He always had an innate aura of a nobleman. He did not look like a Japanese officer, but rather like a European royal aristocrat.
More than ten minutes later, the convoy arrived at the location of the town office. Under the command of Li Yunlong, more than 200 transport trucks formed a long queue and parked beside the main road in the town. A large number of soldiers from the Dragon God Special Forces immediately rushed over and began to count the specific number of dollars and gold on the trucks.
"Make it clear to me. If you lose one of your sons, you'll break one of that old bastard Miura's legs! Do you understand?"
"Yes, Captain, don't worry."
Li Yunlong nodded in satisfaction. Asano Wenliang, who had listened to every word Li Yunlong said, did not change his expression. After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he waved his hand at Asano Wenliang and said in a cold voice, "Come with me. Our commander has been waiting in the government compound for a long time."
Asano Wenliang followed Li Yunlong into the government compound, crossed the front yard, and came to the temporary meeting room in the back yard. At this time, the meeting room was brightly lit. Su Zhengyang, Jiang Yanlin and other high-ranking officials of the Northern Expedition Corps looked relaxed, sitting in their chairs with relaxed bodies, while Miura Uchie looked anxious, constantly looking forward to the door, forming a very sharp contrast.
Asano Wenliang followed Li Yunlong across the threshold and walked into the conference room.
Li Yunlong saluted Su Zhengyang with a standard military salute, and then said: "Report to the commander, the compensation from Fuso has been delivered to the town government office. I have arranged for someone to count the amount. This is Asano Onryo, the chief of the Fuso Kwantung Army Intelligence Agency, and the person sent by the Kwantung Army Headquarters to sign the treaty."
After hearing what Li Yunlong said, Sanura Uchie wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Zhengyang looked at Asano Wenliang with amusement, with no intention of getting up at all.
"Mr. Asano, I didn't expect that we would meet again."
"Member Su, Commander Jiang, hello. I am Asano Wenliang. I hope to represent the Fuso Kwantung Army and sign a mutually beneficial treaty for peaceful development with you this time."
After greeting the senior officials of the Northern Expedition Corps present, Asano Atsuyoshi came up to Miura Uchie and bowed deeply.
"Master Miura, please rest assured. I will be in charge of the finalization of this negotiation and will definitely send you back to Fuso safely."
Asano's gentle and respectful attitude and straight-to-the-point assurances finally calmed Miura Uchie's restless heart a little.