The development of the situation exceeded the imagination of Chen Xuan and others, Zhang Xun's pigtail army finally collected all his pigtail troops after Chen Xuan's arrival, and requisitioned a large number of people to continue to strengthen the fortifications of Nanjing day and night, and did not care about the life or death of the people.

Feng Guozhang recruited and trained new recruits at the same time, but also drove out a large number of people from the city to assist Zhang Xun, and Chen Guangyuan's troops who withdrew from Anshan, left some soldiers to contain Jiang Zhongqi's pursuers, and when Chen Xuan had no time to react, he worked day and night, and Zhang Xun's pigtail army joined forces, and Anhui's Beiyang Army was also cold because of the cold lips, and the reinforcements had been assembled from Bengfu to the south, and they would arrive in Jiangsu in a few days.

Chen Xuan only found out at this time that the battle plan he formulated was really wishful thinking, the follow-up heavy artillery troops and armored troops have not yet been able to rush to Nanjing, if a full-scale decisive battle is launched, the loss is only afraid that it will be unbearable, and the famous city of Nanjing will also be burned, not to mention the loss of cultural relics, I am afraid that the reconstruction alone will be enough to drag Chen Xuan's pace.

Moreover, with the lightly armed troops that Chen Xuan arrived in advance, they launched an attack under the strong fortifications of Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun, and the victory or defeat was also between the two sides, and the possibility of defeat was greater.

"Marshal, according to intelligence, after Chen Guangyuan's troops and Zhang Xun's round, the number of troops has been as high as 60,000, plus Feng Guozhang's 3,000 veterans and more than 10,000 recruits, the total number has reached more than 80,000, and they have the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau as the backing, there is no shortage of guns and ammunition, and there are the fortifications repaired by Feng Guozhang in advance and the fortifications that Zhang Xun is building.

We arrived in Nanjing in advance with only more than 20,000 troops, because in order to seize the city of Nanjing, we all advanced lightly, and heavy weapons were still on the way to transport, because there was no airport, so it was difficult for the air force to provide us with support! ”

Wu Qi, director of the Archives Bureau, reported to Chen Xuan and other senior military officers at a military meeting.

Things have developed to this point, Chen Xuan is helpless, originally wanted to fight fast and slow, quickly defeat Zhang Xun and Chen Guangyuan's troops, then Feng Guozhang will either surrender or run, never thought that they would be so able to hold on, and choose to hold on when their own army has an advantage.

"It seems that Feng Huafu wants to start a decisive battle with us, and he has finished his battle."

Zhang Jian, who came with the army, said.

"Since we can't fight, let the troops rush to build fortifications, confront them, send electricity to the political commissar (Chen Qicai), let the rear try their best to rush to transport materials, let the armored troops and heavy artillery units hurry up to transport materials to the front line, and repair the airfield, wait for the air force to come, order Xue Kai, military control on the Yangtze River, I don't want to see any Beiyang Army appear on the Yangtze River again.

Didn't he Feng Huafu want a decisive battle, and I would fulfill him?! In addition, is there any news from Xuzhou and other theaters? ”

"Returning to the marshal, Commander Han (Han Sanlin) of Xuzhou, with the assistance of Director Li (director of the Party Department of the Shandong Fuxing Party), took advantage of Zhang Xun's southward journey, and was training the escort of the merchant regiment with the cooperation of the accompanying officers, ready to attack Zhang Xun's Laowo Tongshan at any time, and now the number of troops has exceeded 10,000.

After recovering Nanchang, Commander Li Lizhu stayed in Nanchang to defend the city, recruited and trained new troops, everything went smoothly, and sent troops to recover and rectify Jiangxi, but Jiangxi has many large cities, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to help us in a short period of time.

Commander Jiang Fangzhen had already left for Wuchang with the ship, and the rapid rout of Nanchang caused Wang Zhanyuan and Sun Chuanfang to collect the reinforcements they had sent, so that Commander Chiang's ambush plan fell short and had to attack north.

After Commander Sun Hongye took Ganzhou, he rushed to Hunan non-stop, and now he is still on the way, Fengtian's Beiyang Army did not dare to resist the troops of Commander Sun Zhiheng, Duan Zhigui and Zhang Zuolin quickly retreated to Shanhaiguan, and they were also rushing to repair the fortifications, and Fengtian was sparsely populated, and there were constraints from the Russians, so it was difficult to figure out for a while! ”

"Huh? The Russians also dare to be demons at this time, are they not afraid that we will directly launch the recovery of the Far Eastern Railway? ”

Han Xu said strangely.

"Because the Russians have to rely on our arms to resist the Germans, they did not blatantly fund Beiyang, but the arms purchased from us were given to the Beiyang Army through various channels, and they also made small moves in private, intelligence assistance, and lending to Beiyang This kind of thing is not less, but it does not leave us with any particularly big handles, even if we are accountable, it is also a little unjustifiable!"

Of course, Chen Xuan knows what kind of urine the Russians are, the Russian tsar occupied a large amount of Qing Dynasty territory in previous wars, and has always wanted to invade Northeast China, and now Chen Xuan's troops not only expelled Beiyang from Northeast China, but even the Japanese forces were swept away, what Chen Xuan will do next, you can imagine without guessing.

And Russia has been operating in the northeast for more than ten years, how can it be willing to give up, and now it is at war with the Germans, and it still needs the help of the Chen Xuan regime, otherwise the army would have been sent over a long time ago.

"What about other domestic powers?"

Chen Xuan continued to ask.

"Mr. Zhongshan led the formation of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Guangdong, led by General Huang Xing and General Chen Qimei, and now has captured Guangzhou, is cleaning up the Beiyang forces in Guangdong, and forming a political power.

Xiao Jin's troops were divided into three routes, Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong sent troops from Hainan, and now they have arrived in Guangdong, General Cai Yi rectified the military and political affairs in Yunnan, all the way to Guizhou, all the way to Sichuan, but now there are many large and small warlords in Sichuan, and all parties are mixed in it, including the Alliance, Beiyang, and the people. The party, the old school, and even our Babotalist Party's territory, so it is almost impossible for General Cai Yi to quickly clear Sichuan.

And Xiao Jin's army went east out of Guangxi, when the second revolution of the year, Yuan Shikai originally assigned Guangxi to Xiao Jin verbally, but later Xiao Jin and the French in Annan, Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to let Lu Rongting stay in Guangxi, this time after Xiao Jin returned, gathered elite soldiers and strong generals, and quickly defeated Lu Rongting, and now he is also rectifying Guangxi, maybe it won't take long to drive to Hunan. ”

Wu Qi took a sip of water and continued:

"The capital is still in chaos, Yuan Shikai had to announce the abolition of the imperial system under public opinion and various pressures, but the situation can no longer be recovered, and President Yuan Da is also seriously ill, and he can hardly be a director under multiple blows.

So Duan Qirui was quickly reinstated, after Duan Qirui arrived in the capital, he met with Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang party overnight, what agreement they reached is still under investigation, but soon Duan Qirui united with the bigwigs of all parties in Beiyang, and still respected Yuan Shikai as the president, Duan Qirui as the prime minister, and formed a cabinet.

And the Beiyang bigwigs in the provinces are also constantly expanding their forces, but the strange thing is that they did not go out to fight against the Northern Expeditionary Army, but instead reduced their forces and constantly established a defensive line! ”

"There's nothing strange about this," Chen Xuan said: "Duan Qirui can also be regarded as a military talent in Beiyang, he knows that if he wants to defend it, he can't prevent it at all, and he may not even be able to keep the existing territory, if I am Duan Qirui, even Nanjing I will give up, so we can boldly guess that there has been a split within Beiyang, Feng Huafu is unwilling and afraid to return to Beijing, and Zhang Xun's reputation over the years is not good, and he can't go with the gang of people in the capital, these two people probably want to occupy the south alone, Everyone, we must hurry, troubled times are coming! ”

"Dashuai, is this possible? Can Feng Huafu and Zhang Xun hold Nanjing? ”

Zhang Jian asked strangely.

"They have no choice, Feng Huafu's betrayal has already offended Emperor Yuan, when Feng Huafu was on both ends of the head of the rat, and hooked up with the Manchu magnates, because he had soldiers in his hands, so Emperor Yuan had to woo and appease him, Emperor Yuan directly betrayed Emperor Yuan after he became emperor, and also hyped it up in Nanjing, wanting to replace Emperor Yuan, and according to his prestige, it was difficult to convince the public in the Beiyang system, at least Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen and others would not be convinced of him, now if she returns to Beijing, The soldiers and horses in Suzhou have been absorbed by us, Chen Guangyuan of Anshan wants to bring back the troops with all the mustaches and tails, it is almost impossible, and he will have no capital at all, and he has offended the bigwigs of all parties in Beiyang, and it is his great luck to be safe! By the way, what is the situation in various countries today? ”

"According to the report of the European war inspection team that we took over as commander of Jiang Fangzhen, the European war is still in full swing, and all sides have suffered heavy losses, among which Austria-Hungary has suffered the greatest losses, and now all sides are continuing to accumulate strength for the next big war.

The Americans remained neutral, but at this time they made a lot of war money, because their industrial strength is strong, so it can be said that they have eaten the last house, and the warring parties are buying arms and various military supplies in the United States, and now the Yankees have completely relieved themselves from the financial crisis, and even all walks of life are thriving, and when this war is over, I am afraid that the status of various countries will be readjusted.

The Russians moved their troops to the Western Front and suffered heavy losses under the blows of the German elite, and Britain and France were constantly pumping colonial troops into the European theater.

And the Japanese are also vigorously expanding themselves, just we are really, recently expanded by 5 divisions, nearly 100,000 people, because we refuse to continue negotiations with them, so the Japanese with the assistance of the navy continue to increase troops to Shandong, there are signs of expanding the war. ”

Although Chen Xuan had expected it, he still scratched his head a little, if the Japanese annoying guy was determined to go to war, he was afraid that there would be more variables in the future.

When Xiao Jin cleaned up Guangxi and captured Sichuan, the battle would be even more difficult to fight, and Mr. Zhongshan in Guangzhou, although Chen Xuan has also added a lot of points politically over the years, but it is still too bad to deal with the great revolutionary man, and the key problems are not to be solved militarily.

It seems that it is necessary to intensify the attack, to grab people and territory, and to think about the aftermath after the war.