Of course, Duan Qirui didn't know that he was actually on the cusp now, and the slightest carelessness would be the end of his bones, but he planned to attack Guide Mansion, pacify the bandits in Henan, and make contributions, not only to repay the favor of the imperial court, but also to give his own Henan governor a solid seat.

Although when attacking the Daimyo's Mansion, it was strongly blocked by the Volunteers, which also attracted Duan Qirui's attention, but it could not stop Duan Qirui's advance, after all, since Duan Qirui sent his troops, most of the time it was smooth sailing, but he suffered a little setback in the Daimyo's Mansion, and the Volunteers finally took the initiative to withdraw their troops, because Duan Qirui thought that the battle of the Daimyo's Mansion was probably the limit of the brave bandits, although he would not win in a battle, but Duan Qirui thought that if he held on for a long time, he could still win.

However, Duan Qirui is a legal person who understands soldiers after all, and it cannot be ruled out that the brave bandits are deliberately luring the enemy to go deeper, and because the progress of the other three Qing armies is basically difficult, so now he seems to be a little alone along the way, which is the biggest difficulty he is currently facing.

So Duan Qirui immediately wrote a letter to Tie Liang and Liangbi, asking Tie Liang and Liangbi to lean on him as soon as possible, and follow up, one is to protect his flank, and the other is to increase the strength of the attack on Guidefu, after all, relying only on his own army, the strength is indeed a little thin, and in addition, Tie Liang and Liangbi ordered Wu Fengling, the commander of the four towns of Beiyang sent troops from Luoyang, to march immediately to contain the strength of the volunteers.

Duan Qirui's idea is also very simple, Tieliang and Liangbi are the closest troops to Duan Qirui's department, and the strength is also the strongest, with two town armies, with a total strength of nearly 60,000, so if Tieliang and Liangbi are close to themselves and follow up, they can indeed greatly increase the strength of the attack on Guidefu. Of course, Tie Liang and Liangbi are the commanders of the Qing army who fought this time, and although Duan Qirui is the chief general of the army all the way, he is also a subordinate of Tie Liang and Liangbi, so Duan Qirui made a request to the commander-in-chief, and even guided the general's actions, which is indeed a bit inappropriate.

However, Duan Qirui thinks that there is no need to stick to these subsections at this time, and it is also common for him to suggest advice to the chief general as a general, and from the perspective of the general situation of the battlefield, there is nothing wrong with making such a plan, not to mention that he has eliminated the bandits, and Tie Liang and Liangbi, as the main generals, also have a contribution. In addition, Duan Qirui subconsciously thinks that he is already the governor of a province, whether it is official position or status, he can be on an equal footing with Tie Liang and Liang Bi, and it is not a big deal to write a letter to them.

After receiving Duan Qirui's letter, Tie Liang scolded on the spot: "Duan Qirui is something, this time it was just a fluke to win a few battles, thanks to the grace of the imperial court, he was crowned a governor of Henan, and he got carried away, he really thought he was a first-class member, and he didn't even pay attention to us, and he actually dared to point fingers at me, in the end, he is the main general or I am the main general, if he has the ability, he will go to recover the Defu by himself, and what do you want us to do with him." ”

Liangbi also said angrily: "Yes, Duan Qirui is just a lackey under Yuan Shikai's door, relying on Yuan Shikai's support to become the commander, it is already smoking on the ancestral tomb, and the court is also unreasonable, so he won a few battles, so he was named the governor, added a third-class viscount, and rewarded the yellow coat, it is better for us to go on a break, so we quit this errand, tell the old man to return to his hometown, and let Duan Qirui do this errand." ”

It turned out that before the war, Tie Liang and Liang Bi had great expectations for themselves, and planned to stand out in this battle, and from then on to grasp the military power of the imperial court, but also to raise their eyebrows for the Manchurians.

After sending out the troops, he found that fighting was not as easy as he thought, and for more than 10 days in a row, although he did not lose his troops or generals, he did not make an inch, and it was difficult to move forward. Of course, if it is the other armies, it is almost there, but Duan Qirui's department is marching all the way and recovering 5 provinces in Hebei in a row, this credit is not small, in comparison, the two of them as the main generals of the whole army are naturally gloomy.

Of course, if that's it, it's okay, Bi Jing Duan Qirui made a meritorious service, and the two of them, as the chief generals of the whole army, also have a merit, but the Qing court added Duan Qirui as the acting governor of Henan, gave him the name Baturu, and rewarded him with a yellow coat; Neither of them could get one of the yellow jackets, Duan Qirui got them all so easily, and the two of them were naturally unbalanced in their hearts.

In fact, in all fairness, although Duan Qirui's reward is indeed a bit excessive, but after all, among the 4-way Qing army, he is the only one who has made meritorious service along the way, and now the governor of Henan is also a false position, and the other Baturu and yellow coats are just honorary titles, from the perspective of motivating the army, it is also reasonable, but after the mentality is unbalanced, Tie Liang and Liangbi look at the starting point of the problem. The angle is naturally different, of course, the two of them do not admit that Duan Qirui's military ability is stronger than themselves, but they think that Duan Qirui can make meritorious contributions, but his luck is good, because the main force of the volunteers is used to prevent his own way, so the strength of the volunteers that Duan Qirui faced all the way is weak, which makes it easy for Duan Qirui to pick it up, if it is himself, he can also win the battle, and he will fight more beautifully than Duan Qirui.

Now Duan Qirui asked Tie Liang and Liang Bi to lean on him, protect his flanks, and assist him in attacking Guide Mansion, from a military point of view, such an arrangement is understandable, and if Guide Mansion is really defeated, although the first credit is Duan Qirui's, but Tie Liang and Liang Bi, as the main generals of the whole army, and participate in the battle, naturally they are also indispensable, and they can also be explained in the court, and both of them are full of people, and their future careers will inevitably be smooth sailing.

It's a pity that now Tie Liang and Liang Bi are confused by jealousy and have lost their normal judgment, and at this time they just want to dismantle Duan Qirui's platform, and they don't think of other interests, so after the two discussed, they ordered Wang Yingkai's department in Beiyang Second Town to move to Lu'an Mansion, and he led the army to retreat to Qinzhou, not only did not go to Duan Qirui's department, but opened the distance, creating a bigger gap, and then waited to see Duan Qirui's jokes.

During this period, the Qirui Department was stationed in Changyuan County at the southern end of the Daimyo Mansion, just waiting for the Tieliang and Liangbi Divisions to come to Long, and then concentrate their forces to attack the Guide Mansion. Na Zhilian waited for three days, but Tie Liang and Liang Bi not only did not send troops to cover themselves, but also moved to Lu'an Mansion, and also widened the distance between them and themselves.

At this time, the actions of the Volunteer Army also unfolded rapidly, concentrating the strength of 3 divisions and 2 regiments, totaling about 40,000 people, to surround Duan Qirui's troops.

In fact, the arrangement of the Volunteer Army began three days ago, when the Volunteer Army abandoned the Daimyo's Mansion, they had already made a plan to encircle and annihilate Duan Qirui's division at the junction of the Daimyo's Mansion and Henan Province, and the 2nd Division of the Volunteer Army borrowed the road from Shandong to go around to the back of Duan Qirui's department; as soon as the 1st Volunteer Army moved to the west side of Duan Qirui's department, it cut off the route of Tieliang and Liangbi's troops to reinforce Duan Qirui, and the 3rd Division and the two regiments were responsible for the front of Duan Qirui's department. The encirclement on the east side, and also pulled the only artillery regiment of the Volunteer Army and the six 125mm field guns of the East China Government to support the Hehu base area to the battlefield.

Originally, the battle to encircle and annihilate Duan Qirui's troops should have started yesterday, but Tieliang and Liangbi's troops retreated, widening the distance between them and Duan Qirui's troops, so that the volunteers had more time and could arrange and prepare more fully, so the attack was delayed for two days, and after Li Wenfei, the commander of the volunteers, received the order of the East China government's military working group to completely annihilate Duan Qirui's troops, he also set up his headquarters near the battlefield and personally commanded on the front line.

After the arrangement of the volunteer army was reported to Duan Qirui by the scouts of the Qing army, Duan Qirui was not only shocked, but also a little puzzled, because he was still full of self-confidence and just waiting to make a contribution, but now he suddenly reversed the form and faced the danger of annihilation of the whole army.

But Duan Qirui still has to face reality after all, all this is not a dream, but a real fact. Therefore, I must cheer up and quickly come up with a countermeasure, otherwise I may really die here.

Now Duan Qirui only has two choices, one is to break through immediately, and the other is to wait for help. But there is considerable danger in both of these choices, unless there is a response army when breaking through the siege, and there are reinforcements that need to be rescued when they hold on, but now they go up there to find reinforcements? Do they find Tie Liang and Liang Bi to rescue? If they fall into this field now, aren't they harmed by Tie Liang and Liang Bi? If they wave their troops to their side, they will fall into the encirclement of the volunteers? These two people are really too hateful.

However, what made Duan Qirui a little incomprehensible was that what good did Tie Liang and Liang Bi do in doing this? Did they not want to suppress the bandits in Henan? If they failed along the way, then this campaign would basically fail, and Tie Liang and Liang Bi, as the commanders of this expedition, naturally had an unshirkable duty, and it was so difficult that they did not know this truth?

At this moment, Duan Qirui suddenly remembered the two letters that Yuan Shikai had given him, in the first letter: The third road is blocked, and the only brother wins all the way is not a good fruit;

Thinking of this, Duan Qirui couldn't help but feel remorseful, Yuan Shikai had the grace of knowing himself, and after he was named the governor of Henan by the imperial court, he forgot everything, and left Yuan Shikai's advice behind, and Yuan Shikai did not blame himself, not only sent him a congratulatory ceremony, but also wrote a letter to remind himself to be careful, what a magnanimity this is, he fell to this point, it was all greed and lack of greed, and he forgot what he wanted to do, and he really couldn't blame others.