Chapter 95: Tang Erhu was fooled

At this time, most of the defenders in Luanping City were sleeping, and the sentries in the city gate building were also blown up by the shells of the artillery battalion of the independent division, along with the city gate building. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Thousands of infantry of the separate division, carrying ladders and bags of explosives, rushed towards the walls and gates.

Because the defenders of the city did not have time to reinforce, under the suppression of artillery, the attacking troops barely encountered any resistance, and easily approached the city gate and the city wall.

The city wall of Luanping is not high, and the simple ladder built by the independent division overnight is just enough to climb.

As soon as the ladder reached the top of the city, a violent explosion was heard from the hole in the city gate.

A scarlet flame rose from the ground, enveloping the entire gate building in thick smoke.

A large hole had been blown out of the wooden gate, and the entire gate was shattered and crumbling.

Several warriors kicked the broken gate and rushed in.

"Rush!" The next moment, thousands of infantry, shouting and swarming, rushed in from the city gates.

Encouraged by this, the other warriors sped up their climbing, and soon they all rushed to the top of the city.

As the troops successfully entered the city, the defenders in the city woke up in a hurry, and at this time there were shouts of killing everywhere.

The commander of the defending battalion had no will to resist at all, and with about 200 or so men, he hurriedly fled towards the north gate, where there was no shouting of killing.

Guo Hu, Guo Danian and others took the second regiment and the third regiment to cover up from the east and west.

The defenders rushed into battle and were easily defeated by the independent division, which had an absolute advantage in numbers and firepower, and in the end only a dozen remnants of the battalion fled with the battalion commander.

After easily and smoothly capturing Luanping, Xu Guoren ordered the troops to rest on the spot, while Chen Zhiyuan took some soldiers to fight the local tyrants and inferior gentry overnight to raise food and wages.

At noon the next day, the battalion commander of the Luanping garrison fled to Chengde with a dozen of his remnants.

Tang Yulin's subordinates had good performances in the previous Northern Expedition and the Jin Sui Army, as well as the Zhifeng War and Guo Songling's anti-Feng War even earlier, and the Jin Sui Army, the National Army and other opponents who had fought many times failed repeatedly and were defeated.

However, since he was in charge of Rehe, Tang Yulin has been greedy for enjoyment, looting all kinds of people's fat and ointment, and even set up a so-called anti-smoking bureau to guide the people to grow tobacco.

The army under his command, which can fight well, has also become a two-gun miscellaneous with a rifle in one hand and a cigarette gun in the other, although the establishment is a regular army, but the combat effectiveness is far worse than that of today's Fu Zuoyi's department.

Therefore, a battalion guarding a county town, and was attacked by an independent division, and did not even hold out for an hour, and was almost wiped out by the army, and fled in the desert.

After the battalion commander fled back to Chengde with the remnants, he immediately found the officer on duty who was responsible for guarding the city gate that day, and explained the situation.

"What? Luanping lost? Tang Yulin was furious when he heard this: "Damn, this Xu Guoren is really bold, not only did he not buy money for Lao Tzu, but he also paid attention to Lao Tzu!" It's unreasonable, come here, gather troops for me, Lao Tzu is going to destroy this bastard! ”

At that moment, the angry Tang Yulin ordered the assembly of three brigades, namely the 106th, 107th, and 108th brigades, of which the 106th Infantry Brigade and the cavalry regiment, artillery regiment, engineer battalion, and baggage battalion directly under the division headquarters were stationed in Chengde.

The 107th and 108th Brigades were divided into Lingyuan, Longhua and other places in Rehe.

Tang Yulin, who was anxious to take revenge on the shame, did not wait for the two brigades to arrive, so he gathered the 106th Brigade and the units directly under the division headquarters, as well as the provincial defense cavalry regiment and special task force, totaling more than 7,000 people.

At the same time, under Tang Yulin's order, his 107th and 108th Infantry Brigades and their subordinate units also left their garrisons one after another and marched towards Chengde and Luanping at full speed.

In Luanping County, Xu Guoren is chatting with Guo Shiling in the field hospital, this little girl has been mixing well in the field hospital recently, eccentric, slim, and beautiful, she has become the darling of everyone in the field hospital.

In particular, Zhang Dongsheng, Zhang Weiguo brothers and other wounded soldiers of the former Northeast Army loved her even more and treated her as a sister.

Xu Guoren took some time to come to the field hospital to visit Zhang Dongsheng, Zhang Weiguo, and Zhou Shibin, who was injured and basically recovered, and other wounded soldiers. Guo Shiling immediately ran over and pulled Xu Guoren to start complaining about the pain of lovesickness.

Xu Guoren comforted her, and the little girl turned cloudy and sunny again, and began to smile and say how popular she was in the field hospital, and how much everyone liked her.

At this moment, Chen Zhiyuan found the field hospital and said to Xu Guoren: "Guoren, Tang Yulin has taken the bait, his troops have all been mobilized, and the defenders of Chengde have poured out of the nest and come straight to Luanping." ”

Xu Guoren was overjoyed and said to Guo Shiling: "I'll go and get busy first, and I'll come to see you when I have time." ”

Although Guo Shiling was reluctant, after staying in the field hospital of the army for so long, he had gradually matured, and he knew the importance of military affairs, so he gently bowed his head and pouted slightly: "Hmm." ”

Coming out of the field hospital, Xu Guoren asked Chen Zhiyuan: "By the way, how is the battle between the Northeast Army and Shi Yousan going?" ”

"According to the information we have, at present, under the attack of the Central Army, the Northeast Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Shandong Army from the north and south, the three divisions of Shiyou have been completely defeated, and I believe that it is not far from annihilation!" Chen Zhiyuan said.

"Hmm!" Xu Guoren nodded: "Then we have to hurry up, otherwise, when Zhang Shaoshuai kills Shi Yousan, maybe, we will have to mobilize heavy troops to deal with us, and Lao Jiang will not let us go." ”

"Inform the troops, assemble immediately, abandon Luanping, and make a detour to the north!"

"Good!" Chen Zhiyuan nodded yes.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had begun to set in the west, Xu Guoren personally led more than 1,000 cavalry behind the palace, Chen Zhiyuan and others led the main force to evacuate from Luanping and advance to the Longhua area.

When Tang Yulin led more than 7,000 troops to Luanping, he found that this was already an empty city.

At this time, the 107th Brigade of his headquarters had also rushed to Chengde from Longhua and was heading here.

"Damn it, Xu Guoren, this bastard, runs very fast! Send me cavalry scouts and find them no matter what! Tang Yulin was furious.

Subsequently, the lead department returned to Luanping.

At this moment, a news came that made Tang Yulin almost stunned, Xu Guoren had led his troops to capture Longhua at night, and in one fell swoop eliminated the base camp of the 107th Brigade under the 36th Division in Longhua.

The money and food, some ammunition, and the property purchased by Tang Yulin's sons in Longhua that the 107th Brigade had hoarded for many years all fell into the hands of Xu Guoren's independent division.

Tang Yulin, who had just returned to Chengde, was so angry that he hurriedly led the more than 7,000 people and the main force of the 107th Brigade, totaling more than 10,000 people, to rush into the city.

At the same time, the 108th Brigade was ordered to turn to the north of Longhua to prevent the independent division from rushing north!