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Early in the morning, Xinhua Ribao, the party newspaper of the Communist Party of China, and the People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Southwest Autonomous Government, published in their front pages a large number of pages the incident of the Shaanxi People's Army attacking a baggage convoy in the southwest under the guise of bandits, as well as the condemnation of the incident by the Southwest Autonomous Government, and demanded that the Shaanxi Military Government hand over the relevant responsible persons.

Subsequently, the provincial newspapers of various southwestern provinces also followed the trend and carried out long reports on the relevant parts of the matter. From the beginning of the Southwest Army's assistance to the Shaanxi Military Government, until now the Shaanxi People's Army is a nest of bandits and rats, greedy and greedy, revenge, treacherous plundering of the Southwest Army. Anyway, no matter what kind of basin it is, it all began to buckle the head of the Shaanxi side one by one.

Although newspapers in the southwest were a little uproar about this, newspapers in other parts of the country reacted indifferently, and only reprinted the news in a small corner. Because of the political environment in China at this time, newspapers all over the country continued to ram around the peace talks between the north and the south and the abdication of the Qing dynasty. As for this little friction in the southwest and Shaanxi, they can't arouse the slightest interest in it. It can be said that the voice raised by the southwest side has not been able to stir up the slightest wave in the whirlpool of public opinion across the country.

Not to mention that this incident did not cause much repercussions in the whole country, but Shaanxi, as one of the parties concerned, reacted very little to this. Speaking of which, it is actually related to Zhang Fenghui, the leader of the Shaanxi Military Government. In fact, they had already received a telegram from the southwest the night before. You must know that Zhang Fenghui's dissatisfaction with the southwest has not been a day or two, but at this moment, the southwest side is taking advantage of the topic, it is conceivable that after receiving the telegram, he became more and more dissatisfied, what is this? Accountability? That's right, in Zhang Fenghui's view, this is accountability, why accountability? Your Southwest Army was robbed by bandits, but now you let our Shaanxi Army hand over people? What kind of logic is this? It's a joke! However, Zhang Fenghui really lacked the necessary understanding of the southwest, and even ignored the sentence on the telegram: "Our side will reserve the right to take further action."

Because of this, the Shaanxi side did not reply to the southwest on this matter for a long time because of Zhang Fenghui's excuse. It was not until the next day, the evening after the newspaper reported the incident, that a perfunctory reply was given to the southwest side that "there is no such thing".

Obviously, for the reply given by the Shaanxi side, Jiang Baili, who picked the bones in the egg, was quite dissatisfied. At this time, Jiang Baili, who had already prepared in all aspects, was already ready to shoot, and he was just waiting for the right time.

Shaanxi.

After receiving the order of the General Staff Officer, the Luo Peijin Division of the Fourth Division and Yang Xincheng's Division of the Eighth Division, which was far away in Tongguan, immediately completed mobilization and entered a state of combat readiness.

At this time, Luo Peijin was pinching the pistol handle on the armed belt around his waist and pacing lightly in the division headquarters, what he was worried about now was not how the troops would carry out the precise battle plan, these could be carried out by the chief of staff. He was anxious about when the general staff's combat order would be issued, and he finally picked up such a good opportunity, and in the end, he should not be overjoyed.

"Report to the division commander, the General Staff ordered that the officers and men of our department immediately launch an attack, and immediately march east after annihilating the enemy in front of them, and join the headquarters of the Eighth Division to flank the enemy forces in Xi'an. All the units of our division are in place, and the chief of staff asks for instructions, should we act immediately? The sound of the communications staff officer's report interrupted Luo Peikin's musings, and before he knew it, the operational order of the General Staff had been issued to the 4th Division.

"Let's go!" Luo Peijin didn't turn his head and gave the order to attack. I raised my wrist and looked at my watch, it was already about 3 o'clock in the morning.

With the order, radio waves began to shoot into the night sky, and after turning into orders at the other end, they appeared in the hands of the officers of each department.

The barracks of the Fourth Division, stationed between Baoji and Qianzhou, immediately burst out of countless figures and began to run around the camp of the People's Army on the West Road of Shaanxi.

Most of the soldiers in the south of Wan Bing are composed of local robes, and their combat effectiveness is low, and even the guard posts at night are very lax. It's okay for such a soldier to bully the common people, but it is obviously impossible to face to face with the real army. The officers and men of the 12th Regiment, under the leadership of the regiment commander Zhao Fuxiang, quickly rushed into the camp of the People's Army with bright bayonets. Before the sleeping soldiers of Wan Bingnan could figure out what was going on, they were divided, surrounded, and disarmed, and even Wan Bingnan himself was arrested by the officers and soldiers of the 12th Regiment who entered the city. In less than an hour, all the soldiers in the south of Wan Bing were taken prisoner.

Compared with the rabble in the south of Wan Bing, Zhang Yunshan, who is also part of the Shaanxi People's Army, is obviously much stronger. Under Zhang Yunshan's control, the ministry reacted quite quickly. The 11th Regiment was spotted by the sentries as they began to approach the camp, and the sound of gunfire began to pierce the night sky.

Zhang Yunshan was awakened by the sound of gunshots from his deep sleep, and he was still a little dazed at this time, and he didn't know what was going on. Fortunately, he soon learned the details of the incident from the guards who arrived later. He had also heard about the newspaper news, but he didn't expect the Southwest Army to take such drastic measures and do so quickly.

In his heart, Zhang Yunshan still has a good impression of the southwest army, and this good impression is based on the rescue of him by the Fourth Division at the beginning. The subsequent exchanges made him both envious and admiring these foreign troops. I envy their excellent equipment and excellent military qualities, and admire their strict work style and military discipline that never disturbs the people.

"Order all units to shrink to Qianzhou, build positions, stabilize the situation first, and talk about everything until dawn." After a long sigh, Zhang Yunshan finally issued his own order. At this time, Zhang Yunshan's heart can be described as mixed, fighting with friendly forces in the past, and for the Shaanxi generals who are more familiar with the strength of the southwest army, he really has no bottom in his heart.

The crackling sound of gunfire and occasional grenade explosions gradually got closer and closer to the city of Qianzhou. The Southwest Army was very restrained and did not use artillery, while the Shaanxi People's Army did not have artillery to use. As the Southwest Army gradually surrounded Zhang Yunshan's troops in Qianzhou, the gunfire in western Shaanxi suddenly stopped.

At the same time, the Eighth Division, which was stationed near Tongguan, also under the command of its division commander Yang Xincheng, successfully completed the division, encirclement, and disarming of the soldiers of Zhang Fang's division of the People's Army on the East Shaanxi Road.

On the same night, the city of Xi'an was extraordinarily calm.

In the mansion of the commander of the Han army in Qin Longxing, Zhang Fenghui, who was still in a dream, was awakened by an urgent knock on the door by his own guards. Zhang Fenghui, who was still in a daze, didn't know what was going on, and it took a long time to react after hearing the guards' report. The South-Western army went on the offensive? What exactly does this Southwest Army want to do? Shocked, he hurriedly called the officials of various ministries of the military government to urgently come and discuss countermeasures.

Everyone knew how bad the situation had become, not to mention the shock and frustration that the sudden attack of the Southwest Army had hit them, not to mention what it meant that Zhang Yunshan on the West Road and Zhang Fu on the East Road had no news at all, not to mention Wan Bingnan's telegram before he was captured. At present, except for the troops still in Xi'an and the Jingbei Shogunate in Hedong, the entire Shaanxi military government can be said to have no troops available. But the intrigue between Jing Bemu and Zhang Fenghui is known to everyone, who knows if he will come to the rescue of Xi'an. The panicked officials are accustomed to acting as a prestige on weekdays, but none of them can really come up with useful opinions at this time.

Seeing the panicked military government officials, Zhang Fenghui felt indescribably irritable. During this night, he fell into a state of nervousness! One moment he muttered helplessly, and the next he shouted viciously. Zhang Fenghui, who has long been blinded by power, is no longer the simple revolutionary he was at the beginning, and I am afraid that only he knows how unwilling he is in his heart at this time.

It was not until dawn that he came to his senses and sent a telegram to the Nanjing Provisional Government, complaining to the southwest and asking it to stop the military operations of the southwest army. At this time, Zhang Fenghui was still making his last efforts, but he didn't know that tens of thousands of southwestern troops, who had initially achieved their combat goals, were attacking Xi'an City from the east and west.