Speaking of which, Wu Peifu has nothing to say.

He had no choice but to half-push and half-agree, and asked Commander Liu the truth, that is, the actual status of the army in western Sichuan, what is going on? There are different opinions in the outside world, some people say that he is the third force, and some people say that he is a new type of warlord, so Mr. Wu wants to ask for clarification.

Liu Yun had no choice but to tell the truth, and told the story of the turmoil in Maoxian County that year, and how he later became the third master, from beginning to end, and he couldn't make a mess of right and wrong.

Wu Peifu also smiled bitterly, but he also knew a little, this guy may not have any ambition or selfishness, to this day, many things have been done, I am afraid that it is really for the sake of resisting Japan.

The group had almost eaten lunch, and it was time to prepare to find a way down the mountain.

At this time, everyone found a lot of snakes, insects, rats and ants near the camp, but they were all dead, as if they were killed by an invisible powerful force, not far away, about fifty zhang away from the camp, and they couldn't help but look at each other for a while, and each other wanted to ask who did it.

If there is no accident, the material for their lunch should be from the corpses of these snakes, insects, rats and ants, and everyone suddenly felt a little churning in their stomachs.

Only Wu Peifu's heart moved, and he glanced at Liu Yun meaningfully, only to see that this guy was calm and calm, but everyone guessed a possibility, Major General Liu should be a martial arts master, but I don't know how tall it is.

Although Liu Yun has a brain in hand, he only knows the general location of Shijiazhuang.

Therefore, everyone in the Taihang mountains, deep foot shallow foot to grope forward, more troublesome is the problem of guides.

They occasionally saw one or two fellows, just wanted to go over to ask for directions, but the villagers avoided them and their group, just like seeing ghosts, naturally embarrassed to ask for directions, fortunately, there were no bandits who were not long-eyed, wanted to come and slaughter their group of fat sheep.

Later, Wu Peifu really couldn't stand it, so he directly took the "leadership", and let him lead the way, casually glanced around, and casually designated a direction, so that everyone could move forward with him.

He then asked in a low voice, "Strategist, where are we going?" You must not take us to some unfamiliar county town and be treated as a spy, but it will be a big trouble."

Seeing someone's reaction so fast, Mr. Wu also smiled, pestle the branch of the pathfinder, and said a little smugly, "Don't worry, I have been to these mountains in front of me before, if you walk for another half an hour, you will arrive at Niangziguan in Shanxi, and then go east along the Zhengtai railway line, which is Jingcheng and Zhulu, which is more than seventy or eighty kilometers away from Shijiazhuang, well, about another day to arrive."

"Lady off?" Liu Yun was also stunned, as if he remembered something.

What is it, he also remembered for a while, forget it, it is important to rush to Shijiazhuang as soon as possible.

About half an hour later, when he had already seen the railway line from a distance, Liu Yun suddenly remembered that Deng Xihou's 22nd Group Army was not deployed there? People just don't talk casually, when he thought of this, Wu Peifu and others saw a large group of officers and soldiers of the Republic of China who were loaded with guns.

On the mountain near Niangzi Pass, there was a group of officers with maps and binoculars, looking at their group of people, and the guards who were traveling with them had already formed a battle formation and surrounded Liu Yicheng and others.

In desperation, Wu Peifu and the others had no choice but to raise their hands, become shameful prisoners, and be escorted over by this group of guards.

The leader of this group of officers and soldiers is none other than Deng Xihou himself.

Mr. Deng smiled when he saw Wu Peifu, and asked a little jokingly, "Oh, who is this?" Please forgive the little brother's clumsiness, it turned out to be Wu Zhongzhou in person, should you be reluctant to eat our Sichuan army, and go to great lengths to vote, right? ”

Saying that, Deng Xihou hugged Mr. Wu, it seemed that they were really old friends, and the guards and generals around looked at each other, and they all smiled bitterly.

Liu Yicheng also found his old acquaintance Li Jiayu and others from among the generals, so he took the initiative to greet him.

However, everyone was a little embarrassed when they met with Major General Liu, because Shang Zhen and Liu Xiang both spoke, so that the 47th Army, which supervised the Sichuan Army, in a sense, Major General Liu became their boss.

Liu Yun didn't dare to snub Li Jiayu, and even Deng Xihou couldn't take care of it for a while, so he hurriedly saluted Li Jiayu, "Liu Yicheng, a subordinate of Liu Yicheng, led the first mixed brigade in western Sichuan, came to the Shijiazhuang battlefield, waved the flag and shouted for the commander and the 47th Army, and the humble post has led his troops to Shimen, please ask for instructions from Chief Li."

Commander Li himself was also stunned, how could he become Liu Sanye to salute him.

He hurriedly returned a military salute, and said with a slightly unseen smile, "Brother Yicheng, you are the superior." In this Shijiazhuang defense battle, how to fight, the prefect's department of the first theater has already issued a death order, let us - all actions, obey your command."

Liu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, he was most afraid of losing the handsome and centrifuging up and down.

For example, Song Zheyuan's First Group Army is the best proof that a strong army at the good end has been mishandled due to improper handling of internal relations, which has led to suspicions and suspicions from top to bottom, and they have been cowardly before fighting.

Some people even say that the fall of Baoding was at the hands of Song Zheyuan.

Seeing that Li Jiayu's attitude was good, Liu Yicheng was also very happy, the battle of Shijiazhuang had been won, so he quietly revealed a piece of information, "Brother Li, when he was in Nanjing, Jiang Weizuo once showed that if this battle is fought well, Nanjing will form a new group army."

Commander Li also understands it, guessing that most of this matter is true, because the situation in Baoding is worrying, the Japanese army in North China is about to go south along the Pinghan Railway, Zhengding and Shijiazhuang are the first to bear the brunt, Lao Jiang in order to ensure that the Sichuan army uses his life, in advance to make some official wishes, it is also reasonable.

Liu Yicheng is also a human spirit now, for fear that Li Jiayu will speak well, but he will secretly pull him back.

This guy pointed at Wu Peifu and reminded in a slightly lowered voice, "This Mr. Wu is an old acquaintance with his eldest brother, right?" He and Kenji Tu Fei Yuan are the same brothers, and the commander of this attack on Shijiazhuang is Tu Fei Yuan, so Nanjing asked me to invite him from Beiping."

Li Jiayu's heart froze, and he suddenly remembered Feng Yuxiang and Song Zheyuan.

In terms of prestige, vision and experience, Feng Yuxiang is far better than Commander Song, but Song is not willing to easily lose military power, he himself is the founder of the First Group Army, so these two people will tear each other down, resulting in a huge group army, which will be torn apart, so that all warlords can take warning.

Looking back, compared with Wu Peifu, how can he not be the second Song Zheyuan.

Of course, Lao Jiang also paid attention to the problem of proportionality in this personnel arrangement, ostensibly letting Liu Sanye be in the foreground and being the battlefield supervisor of Shijiazhuang, but secretly letting Mr. Wu give orders.

After Commander Li's automatic brain supplement, he was also full of thoughts and thoughts.

Back then, he and Luo Zezhou caught Wu Peifu, but it was not how powerful they were, but Mr. Wu was walking in Maicheng at the time, and it was the most desperate time, to put it mildly, it was to beat a dead tiger, and it was not worth boasting or boasting at all.

Later, during Mr. Wu's stay in the city, he also visited him several times, and gradually found that this person was bold and magnificent, and he was a person with real skills.

Then Li Jiayu suddenly thought of something, so he rolled his eyes and whispered in Liu Yicheng's ear, "Brother Yicheng, what is the relationship between you and Wu Zhongzhou?" In the future, on this piece of land in Shijiazhuang, you will have the final say, or Wu Lao will have the final say, please reveal one or two."

Major General Liu was also stunned, this is a fatal problem.

However, this kind of thing does need to be made clear by him, so he smiled a little embarrassedly, "That, the younger brother is a real layman in the military."

As for Mr. Wu, the younger brother has already worshipped him as a teacher, and asked him to go out of the mountains and serve as the military advisor of the western Sichuan army."

Commander Li didn't know what to say for a while, but he understood Liu Yun's words, Wu Peifu said that he was a military advisor if it sounded good, and he was a private staff member if it was ugly.

Therefore, the scope of Wu Peifu's influence is only the independent brigade in western Sichuan, Li Jiayu's heart was suddenly relieved, but he hoped to communicate more with Mr. Wu, and discuss the defense of Shijiazhuang.

Soon Liu Yicheng became a big upset, and no generals came to greet him anymore, and they all rushed to circle around Wu Peifu.

However, Wu Zhongzhou does have the ability, and there are some old connections with the generals in Sichuan, the ins and outs of Shijiazhuang, as well as the surrounding terrain and landform, he said that he is the first to go, as for how to deploy defense, he is even more familiar with the fight, and Deng Xihou and others are even more convinced.

Due to General Deng Xihou's hospitality, everyone did not return to Shijiazhuang immediately, but stayed in Niangziguan for one night, but Liu Yicheng also noticed a problem, the 22nd Group Army, there were not many people in Niangziguan, and there was only about one regiment of troops.

Later, when he talked with Sun Zhenpan, the commander of the 41st Army, he learned that the main force of the group army was secretly transferred, and it was the guard regiment that had arrived at Niangzi Pass.

The next day (October 11), Liu Yun was also a little nervous when he learned that Baoding had fallen.

The road from Sichuan to Shijiazhuang is far away, even if you take the military train, you have to go through Baoji, Xi'an, Tongguan, Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Handan and Xingtai and other big stations, and Shanxi and Songhu are in full swing, soldiers and materials need to be transported by rail, it is really not easy to transport the main force of western Sichuan to Shijiazhuang.

Before someone could say goodbye, Deng Xihou and other Sichuan army generals immediately held a combat meeting to "defend Shijiazhuang" at Niangzi Pass.

These generals are not laymen, as soon as Baoding is lost, the northern section of the Pinghan line has no danger to defend, and Shijiazhuang is a place where soldiers must fight, so the fast is three days, and the slow is seven days, the Japanese army will definitely invade Shijiazhuang, and the Shangzhen group and Liu Zhi group have retreated to Dingzhou County and Xinle County one after another.

According to the feedback of the liaison officer who went to contact him, "the battle situation was rotten, and the officers and men were defeated all the way."

The situation is so bad that even Li Jiayu and Deng Xihou can't find the north, but fortunately, there is a veteran Wu Peifu, and the generals suddenly found the backbone.

After some shameless questioning, Mr. Wu made a few suggestions to them as a guest.

First, to guard Shijiazhuang, we must guard Zhengding County.

The second is to resist in multiple echelons, striving to annihilate the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army has to confront the Sichuan army for a long time, so that the war in North China will enter a long-term period, and Nanjing will win time to adjust and deploy the army.

Third, before engaging the Japanese army, it is necessary to clear out the Japanese spies in Zhengding (north of Shijiazhuang), Jingcheng (west of Shijiazhuang), Houlu (Shijiazhuang), Yuanshi (south of Shijiazhuang), and Gaocheng (east of Shijiazhuang), and if necessary, military management can be adopted.

The Japanese army has coveted Shijiazhuang for a long time, buried a large number of spies and nails here, if you do not clean up in advance, these fine works are time bombs, although Hebei is flat, densely populated, but Shijiazhuang is located on the edge of Taihang Mountain, the population is relatively small, but it is really difficult to remove these nails in the short term, so Mr. Wu suggested that the local residents should be transferred to the Taihang Mountains as much as possible.

After a period of deliberation, Deng Xihou and others directly chose the military management method, but as for how to operate, it was a little troublesome, after all, they were fighting with the guest army, for fear of causing disputes between the military and the people, which was not conducive to the War of Resistance.

Major General Liu's eyes rolled and he thought of a bad idea, so he simply ordered the Ryukyu Restoration Army to disguise themselves as Japanese soldiers to create chaos in the night.