Chapter 456: Reinforcements Arrive

Jiang Gui watched his own nephew being blown up, the veteran was already old, and led the Yi army from Shanhaiguan to Xuzhou for 20 days, only two days after the war, his subordinates died more than 1,000 people, and the corpses were left in front of the Jiangbei defense line in the north of Xuzhou City, all of which were frozen into ice sculptures, and now his most valued nephew was killed by the artillery of the friendly Beiyang Army, how could the old general not be saddened. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Gui pointed to the north gate of Xuzhou City, the corners of his mouth cramped, and pointed to the direction of the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army, and vomited a mouthful of blood in a hurry and anger, fainting to death.

"Dashuai!"

"Old handsome!"

"Uncle!"

"Handsome ......"

"I'm your grandmother Jiangbei!"

"There is a use for scolding Jiangbei Yankee, and the Beiyang Army is also a beast."

"I'm his grandma, don't fight, don't fight!"

"Go back to Shanhaiguan!"

"Go back, go home!"

The soldiers of the Yi Army suddenly shouted, Zhao Qi, Mi Zhenbiao and others repeatedly appeased, and the soldiers stopped scolding, but the younger generation of the Yi Army couldn't hold their breath, and several young people, especially Mi Guoxian and Zhao Jie, were the most excited, and even clamored to find the Beiyang Army to fight, or the nephew of Zhang Dianru, the old man Zhang Pengfei, said: "What's the use of looking for them, if you want to find them, find Yuan Shikai, he let us go south, he should call the shots for us." ”

"Yes, yes, send a telegram, send a telegram to Yuan Shikai."

"Power up!"

"Be sure to power it up!"

Everyone talked for a while, and Mi Zhenbiao learned that the young generals were going to send electricity, so he was so angry that he rushed over and scolded everyone, and said: "I don't know the situation of the old handsome, what are you making trouble?" Everything is waiting for the old handsome to wake up and call the shots! ”

The artillery fire of the Beiyang Army lasted for an hour, and then, the 5th Town, the 20th Town, the 47th Association of the Shandong New Army, the Zhili and the patrol battalions of the Shandong began to launch a feint attack around Xuzhou City, but when Jin Yunpeng and other generals were playing mahjong and only waiting for the main attack of the Yi Army, an officer ran over and reported that the Yi Army had actually retreated.

"Retreat?"

"That's right, the Yi army retreated two miles on all fronts, returned to the barracks, and hung up the filial piety!"

"What the hell!" Jin Yunpeng angrily led people to the Yijun camp, but he didn't want to just arrive at the gate of the Yijun camp, and saw Mi Guoxian and Zhao Jie rushing up to make trouble as if they were two generals.

Seeing this, Jin Yunpeng's guard battalion commander was anxious, and immediately pulled out his pistol and fired three shots into the sky, shouting, "What are you doing? Aren't you afraid of military law? How dare you rebel? Dare to assassinate the marshal? ”

"Fuck your mother's fart, our young marshal was blown up by you, and you will make trouble if you want to make trouble." Mi Guoxian said.

Zhao Jie pointed at Jin Yunpeng and shouted: "The surname is Jin, you did it on purpose, you deliberately blew up my third brother, didn't you?" ”

"What?" Jin Yunpeng's eyes widened and said, "Is it really a major general?" ”

"Nonsense." Zhao Jie said angrily, "Who else could it be if it wasn't our major general?" Who else is called Jiang Yunhe? ”

At this time, Mi Zhenbiao, Zhao Qi and other elderly generals hurriedly came when they heard the gunshots, and after learning the situation, they locked up the young generals, and then explained to Jin Yunpeng. Jin Yunpeng learned that the veteran Jiang Guidi was still in a coma, and the young marshal Jiang Yunhe was really captured by Jiangbei Yankee, and was killed by his own order in the morning, he immediately apologized, and went back in a gloomy manner.

After returning to the camp, Jin Yunpeng kicked over the mahjong table, called the artillery commander and scolded him, and removed him from his post.

However, the artillery commander Gao Shangqun was also very innocent, and he had clearly warned him in advance, but now he blamed himself and even removed himself from his post. Gao Shangqun was angry, but it was not his decision to kill Jiang Yunhe, he couldn't carry this black cauldron, if Jin Yunpeng framed himself, the generals of the Yi Army would definitely not let him go, and the Jingshi side would not let go of himself.

Gao Shangqun immediately sent a report to Duan Qirui, stating his wrongs, but Duan Qirui also received a report from Jin Yunpeng, saying that because of the negligence of the artillery commander Gao Shangqun, the artillery blew up Jiang Guidi's nephew Jiang Yunhe, Jiang Guidi was so angry that he fainted to death, and asked for further instructions.

Things are up to now, it's no longer a question of how to fight Xuzhou, the Qing army itself is in chaos, and the battle of Xuzhou, which Yuan Shikai values the most, has actually become the place where the contradictions between the generals in front of the battle broke out, how can he sit back and watch. Yuan Shikai convened the generals to discuss how to deal with it, and finally decided to send Duan Qirui to the south to personally command the battle, and Jin Yunpeng's accidental killing of Jiang Yunhe must be dealt with, and he was demoted and retained, still holding the position of commander.

Yuan Shikai personally sent a telegram of condolences to Jiang Gui, and said that this was all a trick of the Jiangbei Yankees, and hoped that he would not mess up and fall for the Jiangbei Yankees.

On the second day of the armistice, a unit finally arrived in Xuzhou, which was the 3rd Division of the Jiangbei Army under Liu Hui.

Liu Hui first followed Wang Yongtai as an artillery battalion commander, and then served as an infantry regiment commander, infantry brigade commander, mixed brigade commander, although he did not follow Wang Yongan on an expedition to Mexico, but as a left-behind general, has been stationed in Huaibei, and now serves as the army division commander, the third division of the Jiangbei Army has a total of 6 regiments and 3 battalions with a total of more than 21,000 people. Originally, the Third Division was the most promising marine division to be the first to be reorganized into a two-brigade system, but because the Qing army moved south, the reorganization was suspended.

And because of its huge establishment, Liu Hui's troops were very slow when marching, resulting in the delay in the arrival of the third division, which was originally closest to Xuzhou. Liu Hui gave the death order and executed two ruffians who deliberately marched slowly, which shocked the whole army and accelerated the speed of the march.

After arriving at the periphery of Xuzhou, Liu Hui did not stop for a moment, and immediately ordered the sixth regiment, that is, the cavalry regiment, where the third division was located, to attack the Qing army's patrol battalion headquarters. The equipment of the patrol battalion was left behind, and the will to fight was not strong, and it was suddenly attacked by the cavalry regiment of the Jiangbei Army, and immediately collapsed, and ran towards the base camp of the Beiyang Army.

Zhang Xianguo, the commander of the cavalry regiment, saw that he could not let go of this opportunity, so he ordered the cavalry regiment to follow closely behind the Qing army's patrol battalion, drive them to attack the base camp of the Beiyang Army, and then rush over to attack the large camp of the fifth town of the Beiyang Army. If Zhang Xianguo's 1,000 cavalry rushed into the camp of the Fifth Town, not to mention whether they could destroy Jin Yunpeng in one fell swoop, at least the Fifth Town suffered heavy casualties, disturbed their morale, and demoralized them.

"Sons, kill the demons, fight the Beiyang, kill!" Zhang Xianguo raised his saber and rushed towards the battalion of the fifth town of the Beiyang New Army, and the cavalry composed of a thousand Jiangbei Yankees behind him also waved his sword without hesitation, shouting: "Kill ......"

"Kill ......"