Just when Zhang Zuolin was extremely entangled, the garrison troops stationed in Yizhou sent back a report that the bandit troops withdrew from Guangning County and all retreated to Busin County.

This news made Ouyang Longxing, Gao Jin and others feel a little surprised, because at this time, Gao Jin had sent out the text for 4 or 5 days, and a total of more than 200 copies were sent, it is said that Du Lisan should be able to receive a few copies at this time, but he did not send troops to attack Jinzhou as they hoped, but gave up Guangning County, what is the reason?

And at this moment, the theater command sent an order, it turned out that Qin Zheng had arrived in Harbin at this time, preparing to negotiate with Russia, and the Russian negotiators had also arrived in Chita. The command believed that at this time, in order to gain more bargaining chips, Russia was likely to once again incite the bandits and the Mongols to launch a surprise attack on the KPA, so it demanded that the border garrison troops be vigilant, and if there was really an attack by bandits, they must be dealt with head-on, and the greater the results achieved, the better, and authorized the border garrison troops to pursue them into Mongolian territory.

At the same time, there were new results in the interrogation of the captured bandits, and the bandits confessed that in Du Lisan's bandit army, there were one Japanese and one Russian army, and the number was not much, and the Japanese only had more than 100 people, mainly responsible for operating the only three artillery pieces in the bandit army, and the Russian army had about 200 people, and there was a small leader who also confessed, and there was a Japanese officer beside Du Lisan, who was giving him advice, and this assault on Jinzhou was the plan formulated by this Japanese officer. This also further confirms that behind Du Lisan, there are forces from Japan and Russia.

So Ouyang Longxing immediately recruited military personnel for a meeting to discuss, Zhang Zuolin said: " Commander-in-chief, although Du Lisan is short-tempered and arrogant, he is not a reckless person, on the contrary, he is very cunning and suspicious, and in the previous battle, although Du Lisan won, but judging from the report of Commander Huang, Du Lisan's losses are not small, and after our department arrived in Jinzhou, several battles did not let Du Lisan occupy anything, so I think that although Mayor Gao's letter can provoke Du Lisan, but if you want to induce Du Lisan to send troops to attack Jinzhou, I am afraid that it is still a few points behind, and you must add a few more points. ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "Commander Zhang, what do you think we need to do to get Du Lisan to attack Jinzhou?"

Zhang Zuolin said: "First of all, a part of the army should be transferred out of Jinzhou, now there is a regiment of mine stationed in Jinzhou City, two battalions of the Huang Regiment Commander and the Chen Regiment, plus one battalion brought by the commander-in-chief, a total of about 6,000 people, with such a huge force, Du Lisan naturally did not dare to attack Jinzhou easily, so I suggest that a part of the army from our department be transferred to garrison Guangning County, anyway, the bandit army abandons Guangning County, and we must always send troops to occupy it." In addition, some of my subordinates and Du Lisan's subordinates know each other, so my troops are stationed in Quang Ninh and are relatively close to the bandit army, so I can try to send people to contact Du Lisan's subordinates and pass on some false information to them, so that Du Lisan may be brought in. ”

Ouyang Longxing nodded, Zhang Zuolin's suggestion does make some sense, and although on the whole, Du Lisan will indeed attack, after all, he must obey the requirements of the supporters behind him and cooperate with Russia's negotiations, but he can't just wait for the rabbit, Bi Jing Du Lisan is not a fool, knowing that he will lose, he will send troops to attack, and even if Du Lisan sends troops, he may not necessarily attack Jinzhou, in fact, he can also attack other counties, or break it into pieces and scatter to attack Jinzhou, so if you want to lead Du Lisan to attack Jinzhou, it does take a lot of effort, and it is not enough to rely on the article released by Gao Jin, at least let Du Lisan think that he has a certain degree of confidence in Jinzhou.

Ouyang Longxing thought for a while, and then compared on the map, and then said: "Commander Zhang, you take your army, only leave the cavalry, and immediately rush to Guangning County to garrison, and create a momentum, just say that we are going to attack Buxin on a large scale this time, and your department is the vanguard force to annihilate Du Lisan." ”

Zhang Zuolin hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

Ouyang Longxing said again: "Huang Wei, you take the headquarters army, and bring the cavalry troops, and immediately rush to Yizhou to garrison, and the external propaganda is still that we must take the initiative to attack Du Lisan." ”

Huang Wei also said: "Yes." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "These two ways of marching are to create a situation of empty troops in Jinzhou, and lead Du Lisan to attack Jinzhou, so if the bandit army passes through Yizhou and Guangning, don't block it, let them come over, I will arrange a defensive line in Jinzhou to resist the attack of the bandit army, and your two troops will follow my order to return to the army for reinforcements, and the Cheng people will be under the city of Jinzhou, and they will encircle the bandit army together and annihilate it." If after you march, within 3 days, there is still no movement in Du Li's three divisions, then this attack is true, we will attack in two ways, and I will send fire support troops from Jinzhou to reinforce your two routes, although this may not be able to encircle and suppress the bandit army, but it can also inflict heavy damage on the bandit army as much as possible. ”

He turned to Gao Jin again and said, "Mayor Gao, I want to ask you for one more thing." is to write another article, take the initiative of the bandit army to give up Guangning County to make a fuss, just say that Du Lisan was frightened by you, and he didn't even dare to fight, so he gave up Guangning and fled, and we will definitely catch Du Lisan in this attack. ”

Gao Jin nodded and said, "Understood, don't worry, I will arrange it immediately." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "Okay, this time's plan is like this, do you have anything to add." ”

Yang Xun said: "I have no other opinion, but in Jinzhou only one battalion of troops to garrison, plus a garrison battalion, a total of only about 1,500 troops, is it enough to guard Jinzhou? I am not worried about our combat effectiveness, but Jinzhou's defense is too big, the city wall alone is 6,000 meters long, and 1,500 people are not even satisfied with the city wall, and they can't hold it at all." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "I think it's enough, to defend Jinzhou, of course, we can't defend the city, but we should garrison a part of the troops outside the city to form a mutual reliance, plus our firepower advantage, we can completely hold Jinzhou." ”

Zhang Yi also said: "I also think there should be no problem, and we don't have to stay in Jinzhou for too long, at most 2 or 3 days, the other two armies can rush back, so that we can turn from offensive to defensive and encircle and annihilate the bandit army." ”

The others had nothing to say, so Ouyang Longxing announced the dissolution of the meeting, and the two armies of Zhang Zuolin and Huang Wei would set off tomorrow.

However, after everyone else left, Yang Xun said: "Commander-in-chief, I have an idea, just now because there are naturalized people here, so I didn't say it, but now I can say it." ”

Zhang Yi and Gao Jin were about to leave, but after listening to Yang Xun's words, they also stayed and listened to Yang Xun's words. Yang Xun said: "This plan is indeed perfect, but to succeed, there is a prerequisite, that is, the garrisons of Guangning and Yizhou are extremely reinforced, and I am not too worried about Huang Weibu, after all, he is from Shandong, and he is an old man of the People's Army, so you can rest assured." What I'm really worried about is Zhang Zuolin, he has not been in the People's Army for a long time, and as far as I know, Zhang Zuolin is now quite wary of our political work cadres, afraid of losing control of the army, and he was originally a bandit, and he has a friendship with Du Lisan, and in the old time and space, Zhang Zuolin is known for his scheming, cunning and fickleness, so will he take this opportunity to swoop in with Du Lisan, betray us, or sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight in the battle, let us and the bandits fight to lose both, and have to be guarded。 At present, our political work in Zhang Zuolin's troops has just begun, and although some results have been achieved, Bi Jing's time is too short and the foundation is insufficient, and at present there is no too strong restraining effect on Zhang Zuolin. ”

Gao Jin frowned and said: "I don't think it's very likely that this will happen, Zhang Zuolin should be very clear about our strength, and there is absolutely no future for being a bandit at this time, because even if he unites with Du Lisan and destroys us, what can he do if he occupies Jinzhou, can he stand firm in Jinzhou?" As long as our army arrives, he and Du Lisan will not be able to resist at all, and there will be no place for him in the entire Northeast region at that time, Zhang Zuolin is a smart man and will not choose a path that is doomed to failure. ”

Yang Xun said: "Mayor Gao, I admit that what you said is very reasonable, but we can't pin our hopes on Zhang Zuolin's self-awareness, Zhang Zuolin is a smart person, but even if he is a smart person, it is impossible to make the right choice every time, don't forget that Zhang Zuolin's biggest identity in the old time and space is a warlord, and for warlords, the army is their lifeblood, and we attack his army, which is enough to force Zhang Zuolin to die with us and burn the jade." ”

At this time, Ouyang Longxing said: "I have already considered the question you raised, and it will have a certain impact, but I don't think this impact is big. First of all, our remaining troops, even if there is no army to help, it is enough to deal with the bandits, nothing more than not being able to annihilate the bandit army, and secondly, I left Zhang Zuolin's cavalry troops and fire support troops behind, on the one hand, it is to enhance our strength in garrisoning Jinzhou, on the other hand, it is also to increase the cost of Zhang Zuolin's betrayal, there is no cavalry, there is no fire support force, even if Zhang Zuolin betrays, the threat to us is not great. ”

After a pause, Ouyang Longxing said again: "Comrade Yang Xun, I still have an important task to hand over to you, after Zhang Zuolin and Huang Wei's troops set off, you will take the fierce soldiers to attack and go to Yizhou to take over Huang Wei's troops, on the one hand, they will arrive at Buxin County, reconnoiter the movements of the bandit army at close range, and once the bandit army is dispatched, immediately notify Jinzhou, on the other hand, as soon as Zhang Zuolin makes a change, you will command Huang Wei's troops and cavalry troops to attack, according to the actual situation of the battlefield, or attack Zhang Zuolin's troops, or flank the bandit army with us. ”