Nanjing, General's Mansion.

After receiving the news of the Suzhou battlefield, Feng Guozhang's state was not much better than that of Emperor Yuan Shikai, who was opposed by almost everyone.

One minute ago, he was meeting with the officials and gentry, wealthy businessmen, and leaders from all walks of life in Nanjing, discussing the way to govern the country, making countless plans, and contacting powerful figures in various places to replace Emperor Yuan, but the next minute the telegram received sent him into the abyss.

He could never have imagined that the Battle of Suzhou would be defeated so quickly, and it would be so miserable, so unreasonable, the elite army of the entire Jiangsu would be almost wiped out, and there would be no chance to turn over, and without the army, other powerful figures would convince him?

It's a joke!

And these behaviors of jumping up and down in the sky are even more ironic, I thought that my opportunity had come, but I didn't expect to fall from heaven to hell in an instant.

In less than a day, there was only a group of officials and staff members left in the general's mansion, which was full of guests, and there was no pride in guiding the country and inspiring words, and some were only in deep despair.

Everyone knows that Feng Guozhang's era is over before it has even begun, and his own people have no future。。。。。。

Chen Xuan and others didn't know Feng Guozhang's current mentality, and after staying in Suzhou for a day, they handed over the power of Suzhou to the officials from the new Republic of China, and then waved their troops straight to Nanjing.

The results of the battle were counted, except for some artillery pieces that were blown up by the plane, Li Qingquan almost completely received the entire artillery team of the Beiyang Army, and the captured Beiyang soldiers were as high as more than 23,000 people, plus the troops of Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande, directly exceeded 50,000, and the weapons that were dropped by the Beiyang soldiers when they fled were also picked up.

Now that Nanjing's main Beiyang force has been completely annihilated, there is no need for Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande to pretend, the two of them changed into the military uniforms of the Northern Expeditionary Army as soon as possible, and cooperated with the Northern Expeditionary Army to stay in Suzhou to reorganize and take prisoners, and the two newly formed divisions were also handed over to them to bring, but the officers and men under their command have been replaced, and the political commissar and chief of staff have also been stationed in the two newly formed divisions, and there is no chance to form a warlord.

The war in Suzhou spread, and Zhang Xun, who was rushing to reinforce him, was excited, since Feng Guozhang had fallen, Duan Qirui was watching the sunset in his hometown again, as for Yuan Shikai, his reputation was completely stinky, and no one would pay attention to him, wouldn't his opportunity come?

With excitement, Zhang Xun quickly whipped up his horse and ran to Nanjing with his troops, and at the same time did not forget to contact the Beiyang warlords in various places.

And Emperor Yuan in the capital finally issued an edict to cancel the imperial system in the midst of many condemnations, and sent people to Anhui to ask Duan Qirui to go out of the mountain again to preside over the overall situation.

"Dashuai, the top priority is to abolish the imperial system and rebuild the Republic of China, Chen Xuan is menacing, if Beiyang does not unite again, I am afraid that it will be broken by everyone!"

Xu Shuzheng spoke first.

"What about Nanjing, whatever?"

Duan Zhigui exclaimed.

"Tube? How? The tens of thousands of troops of the general (Feng Guozhang) were wiped out in less than half a day, Nanchang was also taken by the Southern Army, and Fengtian was also lost.

Zhang Braided Shuai stupidly plunged into Nanjing, thinking that there was something big to pick up, but he didn't know that it would be good if he could escape from Jiangsu, judging from Chen Xuan's attack strength, his plan was not an overnight thing, as well as Sun Wen in Guangdong, Xiao Jin in Annan, and unceremoniously said that it would be good for us in Beiyang to be able to hold some places north of the Yangtze River.

What we need to do now is to immediately contact the real power figures in Beiyang in various places, quickly form an alliance, and unify the command, otherwise I am afraid that even the north will no longer have a place for us to stand! ”

"Is the situation so urgent?"

"I'm afraid it's more urgent than we imagined, Jiangxi is down, Jiang Fangzhen, who has been prepared for a long time, will inevitably move to Hubei, and Zhang Braid will run to the south, Xuzhou will be empty, I don't believe that Chen Xuan will not have any preparations, and Chen Xuan's troops will go north and south, and we will be caught in the middle.

Chen Xuan's troops in the northeast and Suiyuan dare to be tough with the Japanese, and the strength is by no means worse than the army in the south, when the time comes, we can hold Zhili is the luck of inviting the sky, fortunately, the previous layout took Shanxi, and also established our own ordnance factory, and now it is best to follow the worst plan, hold Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shanxi must also be reinforced immediately, if you wait for Cai Ye to take Sichuan and then out of Qinling, everything will be over! ”

After Xu Shuzheng's analysis and comparison from the map, a group of officials and officers were shocked, it turned out that the situation was already so grim, not to mention that it would take a great price to recover the lost territory and be able to keep the current territory.

Chen Xuan and Zhang Xun arrived outside Nanjing at almost the same time, and the two troops were about to start fighting outside the city, and Feng Guozhang's defending troops became spectators.

Sure enough, just like the legend, Zhang Xun's troops are probably the only troops in the country that still have braids, and they have maintained the consistent lawlessness of the Qing soldiers.

"Marshal, the reconnaissance is clear, Zhang Xun came to 36 battalions this time, about 35,000 people, equipped with German Mauser rifles, and an artillery team is still on the way. Zhang Xun was originally a reinforcement invited by Feng Guozhang, and when he heard the news of Chen Tiaoyuan's defeat in the middle of the road, he hurried over.

Feng Guozhang's troops besieging Anshan are also retreating, and the siege of Anshan has been completely lifted, but Jiang Zhongqi's army commander didn't want to let them go like this, and after leaving the remaining troops, he followed all the way, and Feng Guozhang's troops fought a few battles on the way, and everyone won and lost each other, but Feng Guozhang's troops were in a hurry to withdraw, so although their strength was stronger than ours, they still suffered a lot of losses in the hands of Jiang Zhongqi's commander! ”

The temporary headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army was set up in the courtyard of a wealthy merchant outside Nanjing, and Li Yuqing, chief of staff, was briefing on the war situation.

"Inform Jiang Zhongqi, pay attention to the enemy's movements, don't miss the enemy, but get bitten, then the gain outweighs the loss, by the way, how is the situation on Sanlin's side?"

"According to Commander Han's report, Zhang Xun has brought the main force out of Xuzhou, and now Xuzhou's defense is empty, it is a good opportunity to take Xuzhou, with the cooperation of Li Zhantang, the party representative of Shandong, now our army disguised as a caravan escort is gathering, Commander Han called to ask for instructions, can we launch a battle to recover Xuzhou?"

Chen Xuan felt a little emotion in his heart, the last time he rectified military discipline really gave Han Sanlin a big blow, in the past, Han Sanlin took the entire Fujian Province with two or three thousand people, originally Chen Xuan had given him the right to act cheaply, but now he has become cautious, no matter how big or small, he will call for instructions.

"Tell Sanlin, you don't have to ask for instructions in the future, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, you can launch the battle to recover Xuzhou, you tell him, I trust him.

Okay, now that the enemy's situation has been roughly figured out, let's discuss how to fight this battle? ”

As soon as Chen Xuan's words fell, a group of officers began to discuss, saying everything, some wanted to solve the current Zhang Xun's troops first, and then turn around and clean up Feng Guozhang's troops withdrawn from Anshan, and finally take Nanjing City, which was empty in defense.

Some people think that the troops withdrawn from Anshan are the confidence of the officers of the Beiyang series, and as long as the Beiyang army withdrawn from Anshan is annihilated, Zhang Xun will not have the courage to stay in Nanjing, and when Zhang Xun withdraws, his morale will fall, and it is a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

And Nanjing City is a historical city, it is better not to fight if you can, even if Feng Guozhang is let go, what is the difference between a warlord leader who has no army and a toothless tiger?

Now there are more than 50,000 Northern Expeditionary troops who arrived outside Nanjing with Chen Xuan, leaving 10,000 pigtailed troops to watch Zhang Xun, and the rest with Jiang Zhongqi's army who is chasing after him, it is indeed not impossible to take the Beiyang Army that has withdrawn from Anshan.

But it is not without harm to fight like this, now Feng Guozhang is still forcibly recruiting and training new troops in the city, if it is a stalemate with the Beiyang Army, when the Beiyang Army in Anhui reacts, this battle will not be easy to fight, so it is necessary to quickly defeat the Beiyang Army that came back from Anshan to reverse the situation.

Although the Beiyang Army that came back from Anshan had suffered casualties in the offensive and defensive battles with Jiang Zhongqi during this period of time, it was far from the extent of breaking the muscles and bones, and the elite degree of this army even exceeded the troops brought to Suzhou by Chen Tiaoyuan, and Chen Guangyuan was also a fierce general, with rich experience in combat command, and his own aviation brigade, so he wanted to quickly take it but to set up an ambush.

But since Chen Guangyuan is a high-ranking officer in Beiyang with old qualifications, how can an ordinary ambush hide from him?

In the conference hall, everyone came up with suggestions, but they didn't come up with any good solutions, Chen Xuan also had a headache, don't look at him in Suzhou to beat Chen Tiaoyuan's troops to a mess, but that was because of adequate preparation.

And this time I rushed to Nanjing in a hurry, and even the artillery division was still behind, because there was no airport, and the reinforcements of the air force had become a big problem.

Persuasion? Then don't think about it, Chen Guangyuan is one of Feng Guozhang's hardcore henchmen, and he is already a high power in Beiyang, and it is impossible for the new Republic of China to promise him anything.

The reason why Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande chose to surrender is because they have no way out, but Chen Guangyuan, with tens of thousands of elites under his command, can safely retreat into Anhui no matter how bad it is, if he really wants to run, Chen Xuan really can't do anything about him, and if Chen Guangyuan really runs to Anhui, then the battle will be even more difficult to fight in the future.