The power exerted by Yuan Shikai with a radish in one hand and a big stick in the other hand had not yet been felt by the allies of the Nanjing Provisional Government, but the revolutionary parties in Shanxi and Shaanxi had tasted it first. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Needless to say, Shanxi, the third town of the Beiyang Army, Lu Yongxiang, which had already broken through the stalemate between Niangzi Pass and the revolutionaries, directly led the army south after receiving Yuan Shikai's order, defeated several people's troops along the way, and occupied Taiyuan on January 7. Compared with Shanxi, Shaanxi is slightly better, but it is not much better.

Let's talk about Zhang Fenghui, who was stimulated by the great victory of the Communist Party in the West Road Campaign and led the army to the Eastern Front to lead the army. This person does have two brushes, and he has studied in the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, but he is much better than soldiers like Wan Bingnan and Zhang Yunshan, who are halfway monks.

Long before Zhang Fenghui led the army to help, the two armies after the bitter battle on the East Road battlefield were actually unable to launch an offensive anymore. Although the revolutionary army was poorly equipped and the soldiers had poor military literacy, it was superior in terms of the large number of people and the geographical advantage; On the side of the Qing army, although Zhao Yi's Yi army horse infantry artillery is complete, due to the long battle line, the logistics supply is far from keeping up with the combat consumption. The two armies, which were unable to fight any longer, were in a de facto state of armistice.

However, with the arrival of Zhang Fenghui and the mobilization of Jing Bemu, Chen Shufan and other troops from the north road, the situation was different, and the balance between the two sides was instantly broken. The mighty Qin Longxing Han army, under the leadership of the commander Zhang Fenghui, attacked the Yi army of Zhao Xuan. The Qing army that fought in a panic, where is the opponent of the revolutionary army? After the defeat, they retreated all the way to Henan.

That's it, that's not all. At this time, Zhang Fenghui, who had won a big victory, did not agree, and after reorganizing the team a little, he began to attack Henan. At this time, Jing Bemu, Chen Shufan and other armies who responded on the North Road were also invincible, and crossed the Yellow River to attack Shanxi and occupy Yuncheng under successive victories. For a time, the prestige of the Han army of Qin Longxing was greatly enhanced, and the limelight was absent for a while.

Daze dragon is stinging, and the Central Plains deer is fat. The sword pointed at the Central Plains to break Changhong, and Zhang Fenghui, who was in high spirits, thought like this and did the same.

After commanding the Qin Long army to chase the retreating Yi army all the way, and after attacking Henan, the Qin Long army successfully occupied the Guanyin Hall, and the advance reached Mianchi, which made Luoyang, an important town in Henan, a serious threat.

The Yi army retreated and lost 400 miles of land, is this worth it? When the news of the revolutionary army's coercion of the Central Plains reached Beijing, Yuan Shikai, who was wielding a big stick for the Nanjing Provisional Government, immediately ordered Wang Zhanyuan, the commander of the Beiyang Army's Di'er Town, and Zhou Fulin, the assistant commander of the Sixth Town, to join the Zhao Xuan Department of the Yi Army, and equipped with more than 30 field artillery and mountain artillery to meet the Shaanxi Revolutionary Army.

The combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army is not comparable to that of the old army, of course, the Qin Long Army, which has been carried away by victory at this time, is not aware of this. But soon, the Beiyang Army gave them a blow in the head.

In the battle of attacking Michi, the Beiyang Army, which was fighting against Qin Long's army for the first time, lined up more than 50 mountain artillery and field artillery, and smashed the swarming revolutionary army with a single shell. Qin Longjun, who met a bloody Qin army in front of the Beiyang Army's position, was dumbfounded now, when had they ever seen such a scene? In the past, the battle was just to pull a few cannons, and after the battle, one or three cannons were fired, thinking that their soldiers would be strong and courageous. It turns out that the cannon can also be used like this. The revolutionary army, which understood it, began to retreat, and they didn't want to go through that kind of hell on earth to kill them for a while.

In this way, in the fierce battles in Guanyintang, Kunshan, Shaanxi and other places later, the Qin Long army lost one after another, and began to retreat towards the territory of Shaanxi.

But now it's the turn of the Beiyang Army to be unhappy, you can come if you want, you can leave if you want, how can there be such a good thing in this world? The Beiyang Army, which drove Qin Long's army back to Shaanxi, began to attack Tongguan in two ways after conquering Hangu Pass. Although the Qin Long army fought bravely and fought back desperately, after all, the equipment was inferior and outnumbered, and Tongguan was occupied by the Beiyang Army within a day. At this point, the door of the Beiyang Army's westward march into Xi'an was officially opened.

Tongguan was lost, Zhang Fenghui was defeated and went to Nanshan, Jing Bemu and Zhang Fenghui also retreated to Gaoling. At this time, not only was the Beiyang Army in Tongguan threatening the security of Xi'an, but also because of the heavy losses in continuous battles, the entire other areas of the East Road were in a situation where there were no troops to defend.

Zhang Fenghui panicked, this time he was really panicked, compared to the previous time when the soldiers entered Henan and pointed at the Central Plains, his eye sockets were deeply sunken and haggard at this time. As the commander of the revolutionary army, he must deal with the current crisis at this time.

"Our army coincided with a great defeat, and now the Beiyang Army occupies Tongguan, like a knife hanging over the head of our revolutionary military government! That's how it can be good. When he said this, Zhang Fenghui could be said to be depressed, how could he fight the situation and become this situation in a blink of an eye?

"Great Commander, now that there is a shortage of troops on the Eastern Road, in addition to urgently ordering the Western Route Army to come back for reinforcements, it is to seize the time to recruit new soldiers on the spot. Otherwise, Gen was unable to recover Tongguan and kept the Beiyang Army out of Shaanxi. Hearing Zhang Fenghui's words, Zhang Fang spoke. This man graduated from the Baoding Road Army Crash School, and then joined the Shaanxi New Army, serving under Zhang Fenghui, and after the Xi'an Revolutionary Uprising, he was appointed by the military government as the governor of the Eastern Road Expedition.

"Although the method is good, it will take time for the Western Route Army to come back and recruit and train new soldiers, and far water will not quench the thirst of the near!"

Hearing this, Zhang Fang's heart also sank, but in an instant, his face showed a touch of joy.

"Commander, in fact, we still have a ready-made team in front of us."

"Oh? Bo Ying, what's going on? Zhang Fenghui was very puzzled by Zhang Fang's words, now on the East Road, there are still soldiers and horses there, why don't he, the commander, know.

"Grand Commander, do you remember the Southwest Army that came to aid Shaanxi a few days ago?"

Hearing this, Zhang Fenghui's eyes lit up instantly, but soon dimmed again. You must know that he was afraid that these people in the southwest would win a big victory again and overshadow himself and others, so he personally rushed to the east to command the battle to improve his prestige. Although the idea was good, it unexpectedly encountered a fiasco.

The hesitation in Zhang Fenghui's heart, Zhang Fang obviously saw it in his eyes. But at this moment, he can't care much about it, between the survival of the junta and the prestige of himself and others, he would rather choose the former.

"Great Commander, at this time, there are no longer so many things to care about, and the most important thing now is to be able to preserve the fruits of our revolution in Shaanxi."

"However, we were ugly to people before and refused to allow them to enter the battlefield, so why are we embarrassed to ask for help now?" How could Zhang Fenghui not understand what Zhang Feng meant, although he had agreed in his heart, he still couldn't wipe off his face.

"The Commanders need not worry, I will go to their garrison to meet their commander in a moment, and the Commander will personally send a telegram to Chengdu. After all, they are fellow revolutionaries, and they don't bother us too much. ”

After Zhang Fu finished speaking, Zhang Fenghui pondered for a while and then nodded in agreement, after all, no matter how important personal face is, it can't compare to the power in his hands. After a few months as the Grand Commander, he has deeply liked the feeling of being so superior. At that moment, Zhang Fenghui drafted a telegram with earnest words asking for help and sent it to Chengdu, and at the same time, Zhang Feng also led people to the station of the Eighth Division.

Shaanxi's telegram asking for help was quickly transferred to Jiang Fangzhen, who was sitting in the General Staff, and looking at this telegram, although the words were sincere and the words were extremely beautiful, there was no lack of precaution against the southwest. Jiang Fangzhen also knows the thoughts of everyone in Shaanxi, although he is a humble gentleman, but at this time, he also looks down on Zhang Fenghui's personality more and more. If you win a battle, you will be arrogant, and if you lose a battle, you will be like a lost dog. If you know today, why bother in the first place! I'm in a hurry at this point.

However, controlling Shaanxi has long been an established strategy of the Communist Party, and although he disdains Zhang Fenghui as a person in his heart, as the chief of the general staff of the General Staff in charge of military operations, it is impossible for him to watch Beiyang occupy Shaanxi like this.

Therefore, after briefly thinking about it for a while, after informing Xiao Mubai of the situation, he issued an order to march into battle with the Eighth Division stationed not far from Tongguan.