Chapter 171: Prelude to the Northern Expedition (12)
"Grandma Wen, there is a Hunan army in front, should we take a little more detour?" Wen Yuewei's nephew asked a little nervously.
Wen Yuewei first looked at her nephew, and then at the cavalry of the Liberation Army in a battalion behind her, and she only said: "Keep going!" ”
"Battalion commander, are we bypassing the Hunan army in front?" The battalion political commissar asked the battalion commander Xiao Meilon.
"You're afraid that woman will use us as bait?" Xiao Meilong asked the battalion political commissar.
"I heard that woman killed one of our regiment leaders more than ten years ago." The commissar cares a lot about such things.
More than ten years ago, a person at the level of a regiment commander could survive to be at least a military commander, and if he died in battle, it would be fine, and according to the current policy, the families of the martyrs can be taken care of. The policy of the Guangfu Army is clear, and the previous merits cannot be erased because of breaking the law, even if he is executed by a military court, as long as the life and death of this person is decided by the Guangfu Army, and he has not become a traitor, his family still has basic treatment. It's just that the heroic sacrifice and the execution of the military court, of course, everyone can feel the difference very deeply.
Xiao Meilong naturally understood these things, and he replied unmoved: "That regiment-level cadre made a mistake by himself, what does it have to do with this surnamed Wen?" It would have been fine if the person surnamed Wen had come to steal and rob it, but our people stole the drawings themselves and took them out in every possible way. Instead of going to the weirdo's house, you should think about yourself! ”
was responded to by Xiao Meilon, and the political commissar also felt a little embarrassed. Seeing that the political commissar's face was not so good-looking, Xiao Meilong softened his tone and said: "Now let people steal the map, does anyone dare to do it?" ”
The political commissar could only smile bitterly when he heard this, and he said helplessly: "Yes, who dares to joke with his head now!" ”
"As long as you don't look for death, let him do the rest." Chauillon made a brief summary.
Not looking for death is not only not to make low-level mistakes, the cavalry of the Guangfu Army also knew that there were troops of the Hunan Army more than 30 miles in front of the left. It's just that with the marching level of the Hunan army, the troops are not too worried about the Hunan army swarming. What's more, the troops did not want to break through the encirclement of the Hunan army, and then move forward for more than ten miles, according to the agreement, there will be a receiving force of the twisted army. If the Twist Army does not come to meet them, the troops will move to the next agreed place.
Things went very smoothly, the troops who came to meet the Twist Army appeared on time, and Xiao Meilong not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also had a more realistic understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Twist Army. At least this army dared to act, even if it was less than ten miles away from the enemy, it still calmly carried out all kinds of movements. If the Liberation Army fights with them, you must be careful.
The cavalry battalion then began to retreat in the direction of Xuzhou, and after walking for a long time, the reconnaissance posts on the periphery found that there were Qing troops behind them, and they looked very much like a tailgating state.
"Are you sure it's the cavalry of Monk Lingqin?" Chauillon asked the scout.
The reconnaissance platoon commander replied: "Judging from the military uniform, it should be the cavalry of Monk Greenqin." There are about the same number of them as we are, as if they want to see what we want to do. ”
After introducing the situation, the reconnaissance platoon commander asked a little eagerly: "Battalion commander, what are you going to do?" ”
Xiao Meilong, of course, could hear the meaning of the reconnaissance platoon commander's desire to fight, and he said decisively: "Our task is to escort people, and now we will hurry back and report after the mission is completed." Let's speed up and retreat. ”
The cavalry units were all elite, and everyone was a little disappointed to hear such a boring order. It's just that the elite naturally has the appearance of the elite, and they are not too able to accept the order in their hearts, but everyone still decisively executes the order. The horses of the army were bred from the fine breeds imported from Europe, and the horses were extremely tall and divine horses. The horses in the escorted army team were very ordinary, and there was no chance to let the cavalry of the Liberation Army gallop at full speed, plus everyone cherished the horses, and they were even more reluctant to let the horses consume meaninglessly. Now that the order was given, the comrades quickened their speed, and soon the pleasant feeling of galloping blew away the unhappiness caused by the failure to fight.
The reconnaissance unit of the Guangfu Army judged correctly, and it was the cavalry of Seng Lingqin who chased after them. The sneaky Mongol cavalry who followed behind soon discovered that the soldiers of the Liberation Army had run away without a trace on their tall horses, and even as they tried their best to speed up, all they could see were the hoof prints left on the ground.
The Mongol cavalry chased until the next day, and they couldn't even touch the shadow. Knowing that they could no longer catch up, they could only hurry back to report to Monk Greenqin.
Monk Lingqin listened to the report of the Mongolian cavalry with a straight face, and heard that the Guangfu army was coming and going in a hurry, and he hurriedly walked around the junction of Henan and Shandong, and he repeatedly asked if he had seen more troops of the Guangfu army. After the Mongol cavalry, who had been tracked, did not find the news of a large-scale dispatch of the Liberation Army, Monk Grinqin breathed a sigh of relief.
The Twist Army was engaged in mobile operations in the border area from Henan to Shandong, and the cavalry commanded by Seng Lingqin to press on the flank, and the Hunan Army pursued steadily behind. Monk Grinqin is not a scheming person, and the situation is too clear. The Hunan army slaughtered the old nest of the Twist Army, and if the military operation to exterminate the Twist Army failed, there was no need to talk about the fate of the Twist Army at all. The Mongol cavalry and the Hunan army had to cooperate sincerely, and the two sides carried out a fierce pursuit of the Twist army.
The neat grass-green uniforms of the Guangfu Army were already very eye-catching, and at this time, a large group of cavalry appeared, and Monk Greenqin was frightened by the news. He knew very well the results after the defeat of the Twist Army, and he knew even more the results after the Liberation Army came up.
Monk Lingqin did not want to start a direct war with the Liberation Army at all. In the past few years, the two sides have not moved, and some people in the Manchu court even said an unrealistic idea, "sharing the world equally with the Liberation Army". Of course, even those who came up with this kind of construction know that this is completely impossible. It is not that the Manchu court, which is currently in turmoil, cannot accept such conditions, but that the Manchu people know that the Liberation Army will not give up until they seize the whole world.
When Seng Lingqin sent troops to track down the cavalry units of the Guangfu Army, he made it clear that he could not start a war without permission. The annihilation of a cavalry force of more than 100 people was a small feat at best, and if it triggered a full-scale retaliation by the Liberation Army, it would be a ruining disaster.
Now that he learned that the Liberation Army seemed to be just a strange small-scale operation, and there was no intention of fighting, Monk Greenqin also fell to the ground with a stone in his heart. What is the purpose of this operation? This question began to plague the monk again.
Wen Yuewei, who was very clear about the purpose of the Liberation Army's operation, had already returned to the Twist Army at this time, and the Mongolian cavalry of Seng Lingqin unexpectedly did not continue to pursue, which just gave the Twist Army a good time to rest. Avoiding Lai Wenguang and other generals from the Taiping Army, the core generals of the Twist Army held a secret meeting.
Wen Yuewei did not hide it, and told the requirements of the Guangfu Army to the generals of the Twist Army cheerfully. "After the Guangfu Army eliminated the Huai Army, the Twist Army laid down its arms and accepted the reorganization. After the reorganization, if they want to become a member of the Liberation Army in their individual capacity, this is still up for discussion. If they want to be the leader of the Twist Army to become a force in the Liberation Army, there is no room for discussion at all. The Liberation Army only recognizes the Liberation Army as a military force. ”
Having said that, it can be regarded as a very absolute thing, but Wei Ze doesn't care whether the Twist Army is willing to put down his arms willingly. More than ten years ago, the world rose together, and those who dared to rebel at that time had the opportunity. Ten years ago, there was no future if you could not establish a territory and transform your organization into a government armed force. Six years ago, a government would have lost its future without its own philosophy and persistence. At this stage, any rebel force that has a gun and is the king of grass has become a reactionary force, and Wei Ze really does not see any reason to treat them as guests.
Wei Ze's meaning is very clear, if the Twist Army refuses to lay down its arms, the Guangfu Army will use the weapons in its hands to force the Twist Army to lay down their arms in the Northern Expedition. If the Twist Army dies and refuses to lay down their arms, the Liberation Army will give them death.
Although there was no way to judge Wei Ze's actions with such words, Twist Jun listened to Wen Yuewei's words and they also had a correct understanding of Wei Ze's attitude.
Generals, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Zhang Zongyu asked: "Will the Liberation Army be lying to us?" We did it for King Hong, and the Guangfu Army simply treated us as King Hong's people. ”
This question made the generals of the Twist Army nod their heads one after another, the hometown of Wuyang was slaughtered, the Qing army was pressing forward step by step, and the situation faced by the Twist Army was getting worse and worse. Recently, several groups of brothers have been caught up and killed by Seng Lingqin's troops when they were dividing their troops. If it weren't for the fear that the Restoration Army would have malicious intentions towards the Twist Army, the Twist Army would have fled south long ago into the territory of the Restoration Army.
The news that Wen Yuewei brought back did not make these heroes feel offended, they were just worried about whether the Restoration Army could really fulfill their promise and allow the Twist Army brothers to go home and farm.
"I don't think the Liberation Army is telling nonsense." Wen Yuewei replied very simply. Her family is now in Huainan, and the reason why Wen Yuewei stepped on the war horse again to take up arms was just to take revenge on the Manchus. The Guangfu Army was really able to destroy the Huai Army and the Huai Army, and Wen Yuewei could no longer find a reason to continue fighting.
The generals of the Twist Army looked at Wen Yuewei with a frown, according to reason, since Wen Yuewei was in charge of negotiating with the Guangfu Army, she should be trusted. Not to mention that the other representatives who went with Wen Yuewei brought back exactly the same news. But after all, everyone has been fighting for so long, and everyone knows very well how unreliable those who took up arms in such a troubled world are.
As the strongest of the various forces with weapons in hand, the Restoration Army will do some very bad things, and this suspicion is not exaggerated at all. After discussing for a while, the generals finally decided that if the Guangfu Army really took Huaibei and eliminated the Huai Army, then everyone would go south to join the Guangfu Army. As for now, let's rely on ourselves to protect ourselves first. R1058