The whole world is paying attention to China's Northern Expedition, thinking that the first war will be in Suzhou, Sichuan or Guangxi, but unexpectedly, the first battle will be fought in Guangzhou.

Mr. Nakayama via incense. After returning to China, he lobbied the Guangdong warlords, convened the old troops, and secretly expanded the army to organize the Guangdong Northern Expeditionary Army, with Huang Xing as the commander and Chen Qimei as the deputy commander, and Chen Qimei also served as the commander of the First Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Chen Jiongming served as the commander of the Second Division.

Guangzhou was originally one of the base camps of the Alliance, although the Beiyang garrison found out, but it was too far away from the capital, and Yuan Shikai's prestige fell sharply because of the emperor's reputation, and he fell completely ill under internal and external troubles.

And the various bigwigs of the alliance also began to operate, constantly lobbying the army or the government, and all of a sudden, the warlords in various places changed their banners one after another.

The battle to recover Guangzhou began, except for the Beiyang garrison, most of them were put into the command of Mr. Zhongshan anyway, which greatly increased the strength of the Guangdong Northern Expeditionary Army, and received support from all walks of life.

When the Battle of Guangzhou began, Xiao Jin's troops were still marching in Guangxi, and Cai's troops had not yet arrived in Sichuan.

The army of the new Republic of China went all the way north from Fujian, through Longyan to Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and now has just left Fujian, under the command of Sun Hongye, commander of the Northern and Southern Expeditionary Army of China.

Jiang Fangzhen, commander of the Central China Theater of Operations, assembled the garrisons of Jiujiang and Lushan to form the Central China Theater Command, and the army was divided into two parts, one was attacked by Li Lizhu to attack Nanchang, and the main force rushed to Wuchang by ship under the escort of warships under the leadership of Jiang Fangzhen.

In addition, Sun Zhiheng in the northeast handed over the Yalu River defense line to Li Jinxu, and he formed the Northeast Theater Army in Changchun, Jilin, under the jurisdiction of Zhang Guangyuan, Zhang Xiaozhun and the troops of rookie Xu Tingge, to attack Fengtian.

Chen Xuan's troops have been assembled completely, and it is expected that the troops will be divided into three routes, Tan Fangcheng's first army set out from Zhejiang, through Huzhou to the north, to reinforce Ma'anshan, Qin Yuan's second army went all the way north through Nantong, and Li Qingquan's third army reached Suzhou, Chen Xuan's headquarters and the army directly under him were in the center.

"Marshal, the army has marched more than 80 miles, and the striker asks if he wants to set up camp?"

A young communications staff officer ran to Chen Xuan's off-road command vehicle to report.

Chen Xuan rolled up his sleeves and looked at his watch, the time was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon, although the Baath Party had presided over the construction of many kilometers of railways in recent years, but the march of tens of thousands of troops, the transportation could not be satisfied, so the train and car were responsible for transporting ammunition and baggage, and the troops were still advancing on foot, of course, officers above the regimental level were exceptions, and they all had their own vehicles.

"Pass the order! All armies are on alert and set up camp on the spot! ”

"Yes!"

This was already the second day of the march, and the army had already marched hundreds of miles, had crossed the boundary of Shanghai, and entered the jurisdiction of Suzhou, and Li Qingquan's Third Army, which had set off first, was already far away from the troops of Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande.

"After the notice, a military meeting will be held in half an hour, and the heads of various departments and commanders at or above the military level will need to attend."

"Yes!"

The troops soon became lively, and the men shouted and neighed.

Chen Xuan's troops were rigorously trained, and camping was also one of the training subjects, the cavalry was released as scouts from afar to be on guard, and the artillery units and heavy machine guns quickly occupied the commanding heights around them.

In less than half an hour, all the commanders of various departments had arrived, Han Xu had already returned, and he was stating the plan to lure the enemy, and the participants were also sitting and listening attentively.

Nanjing, General Xuanwu's Mansion.

"General, Chen Xuan refused to negotiate peace with us, and insisted on ordering the army to go north, and now the vanguard has been far away from Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande's troops, and Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande's envoys for help have come several times!"

Mr. Yang, a member of Fung Kwok-cheung's staff, reported to Fung Kwok-cheung.

"No matter what these two two are doing, they have relied on the power of the president all these years, and they have added less trouble to us? Just let Chen Xuan destroy them and let out a bad breath for the brothers! ”

Wang Ziming was also the person sent by Yuan Shikai to spy on Feng Guozhang, but this person had a keen sense of politics, and after learning that Yuan Shikai was preparing to ascend the throne and become emperor, he quickly fell to Feng Guozhang.

Feng Guozhang in line with the concept of 'doing great things must have a big mind', and did not think much of himself, forgave him, and included him in his staff team, and now, this Wang Ziming seems to hate Lu Yongxiang and Yang Shande more than Feng Guozhang's old department.

"No, although Lu Yang and the others have always been at odds with us, they are also a Beiyang line, if we don't ask, we will inevitably let the other Beiyang robes be centrifugal, and if these two are defeated by Chen Xuan, we will have to face Chen Xuan's troops directly, we must know the truth of cold lips and teeth!"

The commander of the military police command, Chen Tiaoyuan, hurriedly explained.

"Commander Chen, haven't you accepted any benefits from the two of them and have been speaking for them? Not to mention that Chen Xuan's team has not yet arrived in Suzhou and is still far away from Nanjing, let's just say that his Chen Xuan's troops have fought decent wars over the years? Could it be that our Beiyang Tiger Wolf's opponent is waiting for him to go north, and when the time comes, we will be able to annihilate Chen Xuan's rabble in one fell swoop, and we will be able to take back control of Zhejiang and Shanghai! Besides, Lu Yang and the others have always been at odds with us, if they turn against us at that time, how much harm will it bring us? ”

Wang Ziming said disdainfully.

"Scholar's view! Ignorance at all! ”

Chen Tiaoyuan won't give this person who came over anyway any face.

"Although Chen Xuan's troops do not have much actual combat experience, they have been training diligently over the years, and they are fully equipped, and even Britain, France, Germany and other countries have purchased armaments from them, how can they be a useless rabble as you say! Moreover, with the assistance of the navy and air force, Chen Xuan's navy and air force had defeated the Japanese, how could they be underestimated! ”

"Humph! Commander Chen doesn't want to grow the morale of others to destroy his prestige, no matter how good Chen Xuan's equipment is, he also needs people to use it, the general has long said that a soldier who has been training for ten years is not as good as a soldier who has participated in a real battle, Chen Xuan's subordinates, the only one who has fought is in the northeast, and the southeast side, only a few small battles have been fought in the Xinhai year, how much can he do?

Lu Yang and the others have been fighting against the general, and now they are cornered, so they thought of coming to the general, who can know if they are true or false? If it is a fraudulent surrender, how will the reinforcements deal with themselves at that time, and it is not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out, who will bear this responsibility, is it you, Commander Chen? ”

"You're changing the subject and messing around!"

"Who knows if you have ulterior motives?"

Chen Tiaoyuan and Wang Ziming quarreled in the lobby, and the others also stood in line, and the two sides immediately quarreled, at first they were arguing from a military and political point of view, and gradually began to attack each other personally.

Feng Guozhang frowned, he thought that both parties made sense, but it was really difficult to make a decision, so he could only ask a few Su Ru who had only come over recently.

These Confucian poems and books are full of books, brilliant writing, and have great prestige in Shilin, these people came to vote to make Feng Guozhang overjoyed, and awarded the position of high-ranking officials on the spot, but the Confucians were indifferent to fame and fortune, and they turned away Feng Guozhang's generous gifts, but they just asked for a larger courtyard, and took their students to live in, and under Feng Guozhang's repeated invitations, they agreed to serve as Feng Guozhang's staff.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of the argument among your colleagues?"

Mr. Zhang is the leader of this group of Confucians, and he is the only one to attend today's meeting.

"General, war, there should be a distinction between righteousness and injustice, Chen Xuan has no king and no father, sent troops without authorization, and refused the general's intention to negotiate peace, is it unjust, how can there be a reason to win?

If the general ignores it, it will inevitably make the general centrifugal and detached, and the other Beiyang will no longer be used by the general, if the general ignores the past suspicions, and sends troops to rescue, it can not only obtain the reputation of righteousness, but also make Lu Yang the second commander to return to the heart, maybe Chen Xuan can be defeated, and no matter how bad it is, Chen Xuan can be taken outside Suzhou, so that the people of Nanjing will be free from the disaster of swords, and the military and the people's hearts will be available, and the general can be a big deal! ”

After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, Wang Ziming didn't dare to refute, for Chen Tiaoyuan, he could argue with reason, but he was also Mr. Zhang's Confucian apprentice and grandson who didn't know that area, so he naturally didn't dare to do such a rebellious thing, otherwise he would really become a rat crossing the street.

"Sir's words are reasonable, but Xue Huo (Chen Tiaoyuan)'s words are also unreasonable, if Lu Yang and the others vote for Chen Xuan and fight back when the reinforcements arrive, we will suffer heavy losses."

"What's so hard about that?" Mr. Zhang stroked his snow-white beard, "The general can send reinforcements, and after arriving in Suzhou, don't join forces with Lu Yang's second commander, but station them separately, so that even if Lu Yang repeats, he can't be a disaster, and the general can attack and retreat and defend, what are you afraid of!" ”

"The general can't, if the main force in the city is transferred out, the city of Nanjing will be empty, if there is a change, it will be too late to regret it!"

For this kind of life-and-death plan, Wang Ziming couldn't bear it anymore, and he no longer cared about Mr. Zhang's Confucian status, and immediately opened his mouth to persuade him.

"You don't have to worry about this, the north is a place in Beiyang, Chen Xuan's East Route Army has not yet arrived in Haimen (Nantong), Chen Xuan's department in Anshan is being besieged by our army, what can happen to Nanjing, it is really too worried, the old man does not understand the military, but he also knows the way to use troops, it is advisable to hurry rather than delay, and throughout the ages, how can there be a battle that must be won, but if the general does not send troops, Chen Xuan will not retreat by himself? If the general is afraid of Chen Xuan and has no heart to win, how can he serve other Beiyang, believing that the general has the ability to do great things? ”

Feng Guozhang's eyes flashed, why did he work so hard? It wasn't to take over the banner of Beiyang leadership after the fall of Yuan Shikai, but seeing that Wang Ziming was still going to persuade him, he waved him down.