Chapter 449: The Smoke Rises in Xuzhou (2)
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"Li Shirui served as the commander of the right road in Xuzhou, and his position was the right marshal of Jiangbei, responsible for commanding the second, third, fourth, and fifth divisions of the Jiangbei Army." Wang Yongan ordered without hesitation, "Fang Xianwu serves as the commander of the left road of Fengyang Mansion, and his position is the left marshal of Jiangbei, commanding the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth divisions of the Jiangbei Army. ā
Li Yao's eyes widened in disbelief, Wang Yongan really dared to use Li Shirui, twenty-five years old to be the right handsome, I am afraid it was the first time in the late Qing Dynasty. Feng Heng stretched out his thumb and sighed: "Boss, you are still bold, you actually entrusted Li Shirui with such a heavy responsibility......"
Wang Yongan said: "As the so-called use of people is not suspicious, suspects do not need to be suspicious, I will hand over the 80,000 troops on the right to this kid, if he fails, he will not have the face to see me again." He turned to Li Yao and said, "Send a telegram to all the armies, urging them to reach their positions as soon as possible." ā
"Yes."
After the meeting, Wang Yongan returned home to rest a little, seeing the empty home, there was inevitably a sense of loss in his heart, there were too many things today, and it was too late to say goodbye to his brothers, sisters-in-law, wives and Xiaotian, I hope they don't blame themselves, and I hope they can arrive safely and smoothly in Shanghi and San Lucas.
"Alas......"
"Master, it's not too early, let's take a rest." The fifth lady Xiuyu walked with the water for washing her feet and said.
Wang Yongan said: "Why don't you use people? ā
Xiuyu said: "I've gotten used to serving the master since then, and I'm really not used to serving others, I always feel like someone has robbed me of something, and I can't say it's uncomfortable." Originally, the little maid was going to bring the water for washing her feet, so I grabbed it, saying that I would come to serve all the work around the master in the future. ā
Wang Yongan smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to wait, in the future, we will install tap water at home, and the people will not have to work so hard, and you don't have to work so hard." ā
"Tap water...... What kind of water is it? Xiuyu asked curiously.
Wang Yongan laughed and said: "Tap water is the water that flows out of itself, and the people who install tap water don't have to work hard to fetch water, and they don't have to worry about bad water." ā
Xiuyu smiled and said: "That's good, we will also install tap water in the future." ā
After Wang Yongan washed his face, he slept with Xiuyu, he was really tired enough today, and fell asleep under the massage of Xiuyu's weak and boneless little hands.
Suddenly, someone shouted, and Wang Yongan woke up with a spirit, pulled out the pistol under the pillow, and said, "What's the matter?" What happened? ā
Xiuyu also hurriedly said: "I don't know, I was also woken up." ā
"Master, master, General Li Yao has something important to do with you."
"What's the matter?"
"I don't know, look at General Li Yao's face is white."
Wang Yongan hurriedly put on his clothes, ran out without putting on his boots, and saw Li Yao asking, "What's wrong?" ā
"Tonight, the Qing army suddenly attacked Xuzhou, and Li Zuzhi sent an urgent telegram asking for reinforcements."
"Huh?" Wang Yongan sat on the chair, he didn't expect Yuan Shikai to do it so quickly, all his plans were effortlessly resolved, and in the end he didn't have a northern expedition, but let the Qing army take the lead in attacking the south and took the lead. I still underestimated Yuan Shikai's courage, since Yuan Shikai was able to become the first president of the Republic of China, and as a soldier to seize the position of president, it shows that his courage and wisdom are extraordinary, Wang Yongan was too immersed in complacent pride some time ago, as if he was overly proud, which led to the end of Xuzhou's attack.
"Convene an emergency meeting." Wang Yongan immediately said, "Give the panorama of Jiangbei to generate electricity, Jiangbei is in a state of war, and order all departments to be ready to fight at any time." ā
"Yes."
After the emergency meeting was convened, the ministers could not sit still, and even Zhang Jian, the new governor of Jiangbei, could not sit still, so they ran to the army headquarters to observe the meeting. Wang Yongan and Feng Heng ordered all units to immediately rescue Xuzhou, especially the Third Division of the Jiangbei Army in Huaibei at this time, the Fifth Division of the Jiangbei Army still in Suzhou, and the Fourth Division of the Jiangbei Army still in Pizhou, and immediately rescue the defenders of the Second Division of the Jiangbei Army in Xuzhou, and at the same time be cautious and careful to prevent falling into the Qing army's encirclement point to send reinforcements and encircle the reinforcements.
Li Shirui received an order to lead four supplementary regiments to set off to Xuzhou overnight to command the operation, and he first arrived in Suqian and then rushed to Xuzhou. Before leaving, Li Shirui said to Wang Yongan: "I think that although their main direction of attack is Xuzhou, the Xuzhou city wall is strong, and the second division of the defending army has always been the most capable unit of our Jiangbei Army, and the enemy cannot easily break through." Xuzhou will basically fight a protracted war, so our most dangerous direction is Fengyang Mansion, I guess Feng Guozhang has already led his army into Anhui, and will soon detour to capture Pukou. ā
Wang Yongan said: "I have also guessed this, but it is impossible for them to have no sound at all in such a big military operation, will the Southern Revolutionary Party know about it and not report it?" ā
"Yes." Li Shirui's eyes were cold and he said, "Those guys from the Southern Revolutionary Party, there are not a few people who stab themselves and shoot black guns for themselves, not to mention our Jiangbei who has never dealt with them." ā
"Well, that makes sense." Wang Yongan said.
Li Shirui suggested again: "Now if you can contact Li Liejun and let Li Liejun occupy Hubei, and then attack Henan, then Feng Guozhang will definitely jump over the wall and return to the army, and we can kill Feng Guozhang in a hurry." It's just that...... I don't know if Fang Zuoshuai will do this. ā
Wang Yongan smiled slightly, had a plan in his heart, and waved goodbye to Li Shirui. Li Shirui is hinting at his strategy to deal with Feng Guozhang, if he directly offers advice, Fang Xianwu will inevitably be annoyed and angry because of this, if he uses Wang Yongan's mouth to say it, and shows people with Wang Yongan's strategy, Fang Xianwu will definitely implement it seriously. Li Shirui is resourceful, but his qualifications are still shallow, and now he is holding the position of right commander, which is really reluctant, and I don't know if the other division commanders will listen to his command.
Wang Yongan has given Li Shirui the right to make decisions on the battlefield, as he said, the use of people is not suspicious, and at this point, when the enemy's army is pressing, the side must stand firm.
After Li Shirui left, Wang Yongan returned to the headquarters, looking at the time, it was already half past three in the morning, and he didn't know how the direction of Xuzhou was going. Haizhou called, the Qing army attacked Haizhou from the sea and Linyi, but after being blocked by the Haizhou police force, they temporarily retreated to Shandong. ā
Bozhou in northern Anhui and Haizhou in northern Jiangsu were attacked at the same time, which was not unexpected by the staff headquarters of the Jiangbei Army Command, these two armies should not be the main force, and the Qing army in the direction of Haizhou was blocked by the police force and actually withdrew, it can be seen that these two armies are feints, and the main attack on the north road must be Xuzhou.
It's just that there is no news of the South Road for the time being, which makes Wang Yongan, Feng Heng, Han Linchun, Luo Yinxian and others frightened.
"Feng Guozhang will definitely make a move, and after the shot, the momentum will be like lightning, so we must step up to explore the intelligence in the direction of Anhui." Wang Yongan ordered.