Hetai Heights for Nanhai Prefecture, for Dongding Prefecture, its importance is self-evident, this is not only the east gate of Nanhai Prefecture, but also the west gate of Dongding Prefecture, if the two states fight, here is the place of contention.

However, it is worth noting that although the Hetai Plateau is called a highland, the average altitude is only a few hundred meters, and the terrain is mainly hilly terrain, and the area is actually not large, just a small highland with a width of only more than 20 kilometers and a length of more than 100 kilometers.

There is no problem at all with the passage army!

When Lin Ziran arrived more than 20 kilometers west of Hetai County with his army, his target was not only Xu Teng's 50,000 remnants, but also Hetai Heights and Dongdingzhou opposite.

Defeating Xu Teng and taking Hetai County was only his tactical goal, and the strategic goal was to smoothly take over part of the Hetai Heights originally controlled by the Hetai Army.

The Dongdingzhou army cannot be allowed to control the Hetai Heights, otherwise there will be no danger to defend the east in the future.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Lin Ziran had just arrived with his troops, and ordered his troops to go directly into Hetai County.

This time to enter Hetai County, Lin Ziran's request is to act quickly, this quick action does not mean to quickly take Hetai City, but to quickly pass through the entire Hetai County, and then arrive at Hetai Heights.

In order to achieve this goal, the attacking force was divided into three parts!

The first part was composed of the 2nd, 7th and 8th Divisions, which were responsible for the attack in the middle, all the way to Hetai City, led by Lin Ziran himself.

The second part consisted of the 5th Division, which was oriented to attack in the north-east direction, which was a divisional unit.

The third part is the reinforced cavalry corps, the cavalry corps led by Song You, and the strategic goal of the cavalry corps is not to attack the Hetai army. Instead, they quickly crossed the battlefield and went straight to the Hetai Heights, with the strategic purpose of controlling the Hetai Heights.

Even in order to allow the cavalry corps to have sufficient supplies after arrival, the South China Sea Fleet has arranged for the transport fleet to go to the southern waters of the Hetai Heights, as long as the cavalry corps is in place and controls a small port, then it can obtain a large amount of supplies, including a heavy artillery regiment.

In this westward expansion, only three infantry divisions, cavalry divisions, and troop troops were invested.

The main force of the First Division, which originally advanced eastward, suffered relatively heavy consumption due to repeated combat maneuvers, and now stays on the front line of Anlong County for a short rest.

At the same time, it is also to monitor the nearly 100,000 surrendered troops on the Huaijiang side.

He also divided a part of his troops to deal with the side of Ningmei County.

With Xu Teng's current situation, even if Lin Ziran only invested four infantry divisions and three cavalry divisions, he would still be able to occupy an absolute advantage in terms of troops.

After the battle plan was decided, the South China Navy moved quickly and began to march the next day.

The next action was very smooth, even if Xu Teng organized some troops to resist, but in the face of the Southern Navy, which did not dare to occupy an absolute advantage in terms of strength and firepower, Xu Teng's department could not stop it at all.

Within two days, the South China Navy had advanced about 50 kilometers, and the reason why it was only 50 kilometers was not because they were blocked, but because the distance of the march was only so little.

Five days after entering Hetai County, Lin Ziran had already led the Chinese army troops to Hetai City.

As for the cavalry troops led by Song You, they bypassed Hetai City in advance and went straight to the Hetai Heights.

After a brief rest for half a day, Lin Ziran was about to command the troops to launch a general attack on Hetai City, and when he came to capture Xu Teng alive, there was a fast horse flying from the rear.

This report was first sent to Wu Guanlin, chief of the General Staff Office, but as soon as he saw the report, his face immediately became serious, and then he got up and walked quickly to Lin Ziran's tent of the Chinese army.

"My lord, the Northern Front is urgently defeated!"

The Northern Route?

Lin Ziran was a little puzzled, there was no war on this northern front, Du Zhikuan was finished, and Hexi County was also finished, why did he still have a war report?

But this thought only lasted for a few tenths of a second, and Lin Ziran remembered Quyang Prefecture in the north of Guang'an County, and immediately turned on a straight face, stretched out his hand to take the battle report and read it.

After looking at it simply, Lin Ziran did not speak for the first time, but habitually knocked on the table.

A few minutes later, Lin Ziran put down the battle report, "Pass the order, let the third division and the third garrison division, be sure to hold the Luohe Gorge, and never let the men and horses of Quyang Prefecture pass through the Luohe Gorge!" ”

"Urgently send an order to the fleet, and send the gunboat force north for reinforcements."

"Order the Fifth Cavalry Division to urgently reinforce the northern line of Guang'an, and the defense of Hexi County must not be relaxed, so that the Sixth Cavalry Division and the Fourth Garrison Brigade will be strictly guarded and pay close attention to the direction of Zhongluozhou!"

"Order the garrison brigade to immediately take a boat to urgently reinforce the northern line of Guang'an!"

"Order the Second Garrison Division to suppress the Luohai County area, especially the Luohai City area!"

"Order the Sixth Division to strictly guard the direction of Qingyuan County and pay close attention to the changes in Ningyu Prefecture!"

"Order the 1st Division to urgently reinforce the northern line of Guang'an!"

After saying a series of orders, Lin Ziran paused for a moment, and then said, "Order all divisions of the Chinese army to launch a general attack on Hetai City immediately and take Hetai City as soon as possible!" ”

"Order Song You's cavalry corps to control the Hetai Heights originally controlled by the Hetai Army as soon as possible!"

"Chief of Staff, you immediately lead people to make a defensive battle plan with the cavalry corps as the main force and an infantry division to defend the Hetai Heights."

After Lin Ziran gave a series of orders, this was the emergency battle report in his hand again!

This is an urgent battle report sent by the personnel of the headquarters left behind in Luo Haicheng!

According to the battle report, Quyang Prefecture suddenly sent troops to launch a fierce attack on the Luohe Gorge, where the Third Division was stationed, and dispatched more than 100,000 troops, many gunboats, and heavy artillery.

Not only that, but at the same time, the Sixth Division also reported that there were frequent changes in the direction of Qingyuan County, and it was suspected that a large number of troops from Ningyu Prefecture had entered the county.

In addition, in the direction of Hexi County, there is also news that there is a large army in Zhongluo Prefecture in the northeast!

The three states moved at the same time, and Quyang Prefecture directly sent more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Luohe Gorge, which made Lin Ziran smell the danger!

In this case, Xu Teng's side is no longer important, and the top priority now is to stabilize the surrounding situation first, especially the Guang'an County side.

The army of more than 100,000 Quyang Prefecture suddenly attacked southward, and there were a large number of ironclad gunboats and heavy artillery support, relying on part of the strength of the Third Division and the Third Garrison Division, it is estimated that it will be enough.

After Lin Ziran gave the order, the Southern Navy outside Hetai City began to launch a fierce attack regardless of casualties as if it had gone crazy!

The shells were fired like money, and the troops frequently attacked.

Under such a fierce offensive, the defenders of Hetai City could not hold it at all.

After a day of stubborn resistance, Xu Teng was forced to give the order to surrender, even though he was reluctant.

If you don't surrender, you can't do it, the southern navy on the opposite side is anxious, what to say if you continue to resist, once the city is broken, you won't accept surrender, many officers in the defenders are not willing to die, they strongly persuade Xu Teng to surrender.

Xu Teng knew very well that if he didn't surrender, it was estimated that the officers under his command would have to directly point their guns at him to force him to surrender.

Taking Hetai City and Xu Teng's surrender, if this was put before, Lin Ziran estimated that he would be happy and attach importance to it, but now the situation is urgent, he didn't even enter Hetai City, leaving an eighth division to clean up the battlefield and follow up the battle on the Hetai Heights, and then directly take the army back on a boat.

Now the situation is urgent, but there is not much time for him to drag.

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