Chapter 89: The War in Shaanxi (4)
With a regiment of 3,000 troops, the Southwest Revolutionary Army defeated tens of thousands of Shaanxi-Gansu-Qing troops overnight and captured thousands of people, and quickly spread to the whole country with Shaanxi as the center. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Needless to say, on the side of the League, in their cognition, haven't our comrades in the revolutionary army always been like this? Since the revolution, that war was not for our revolutionary army to win more with less, but also for those rotten armies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how could the party hold the thunderous blow of our revolutionary righteous soldiers. They looked excited, and quickly put the news behind them, they still have a lot of things to do, and they can't make a fuss about this little thing.
The Alliance's reaction was indifferent, but Yuan Shikai, who was in Beijing, couldn't sit still, as the de facto head of the Qing court now, he knew that although the combat effectiveness of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Green Battalion was not as good as the Beiyang Army under his command, it was not comparable to those wine bags and rice bags. For the first time, Yuan Shikai began to face up to this rising force in the southwest.
It's just that at this time, Yuan Shikai was busy preparing to punch the alliance and kick the little emperor of the Manchu Dynasty, and he couldn't care about the situation in the northwest at all. What's more, Shengyun didn't buy much of his Yuan Shikai's account. At the moment, we can only urge the Beiyang Army in Shanxi and Henan to step up the offensive to end the war, so as to draw more forces for other battlefields.
No matter what all parties in the country say about this war, in the face of such a result, it really frightened the high-ranking members of the Qin Longxing Han Army in Xi'an. At this time, they had even begun to think about how to get these southwestern troops to leave Shaanxi after the war was over. Of course, at this time, they would never dare to do anything crooked, if this is the case, then there will be no need for the southwest army, only the Qing army can clean them up.
Putting these aside, it was said that after the Fengxiang war ended, Zhao Fuxiang asked Wan Bingnan to allocate a garrison for himself in the name of recuperation, and Wan Bingnan at this time dared not agree. It is the nature of people in the gang to bully the weak and fear the hard. In this battle, Wan Bingnan was indeed frightened.
With Wan Bingnan's consent, Zhao Fuxiang's regiment stayed in Baoji to rest and replenish, while the rest of the Fourth Division, under the leadership of division commander Luo Peijin, continued to march towards Qianzhou. After all, this is the main direction of attack of the Qing army.
After Zhang Yunshan failed in the decisive battle with Shengyun in Changwu, Shengyun led the Qing army brigade to drive straight in. Although Zhang Yunshan led his army to continuously block and defend in Pizhou, Yongshou and other places, they were all defeated. It was not until the retreat to Qianzhou that he stabilized his position and began to close the city gate, preparing to defend with all his might.
Qianzhou City is located at the key point of the Shaanxi-Gansu passage, and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Whether the city of Qianzhou could be held and blocked by the Qing army's attack and become a barrier to Xi'an was of great importance to defend the emerging Qin, Longxing, and Han military governments.
After retreating to Qianzhou, Zhang Yunshan, who was determined to defend Xi'an, immediately launched a careful deployment. At this time, the revolutionary army gathered in Qianzhou City, including the baggage transport battalion, had less than 20,000 people, and the equipment was poor, and the personnel lacked training. On the other hand, the Qing army had 20 battalions of the Mabu Army, which were well-equipped, and their morale was like a rainbow under the great victory. To be honest, Zhang Yunshan has no confidence in his heart as to whether he can defend Qianzhou City.
However, he is not the kind of person to sit back and wait, and he is talented in his own right. After careful consideration, in view of the strength of the combat effectiveness of the battalions of the revolutionary army in the city, the city defense was divided into battalions, and at the same time, the army and civilians were organized to repair the city, dig trenches and build fortifications, and train the residents of the city to assist the army in defending the city. Finally, he ordered his revolutionary army to send troops to the village fort outside the city to garrison in order to deal with the city. After all this, Zhang Yunshan waited for Shengyun to come to the door.
After Shengyun led the army to the city of Qianzhou, he stationed his headquarters in Shibalipu, north of Qianling. In this way, the two sides have begun a tragic offensive and defensive battle. The two sides continued to stalemate, Zhang Yunshan was unable to defeat the Qing army outside the city, and Shengyun was unable to capture the city, so he did not dare to advance or retreat unwillingly. It was not until the 4th Division led by Luo Peijin arrived in Qianzhou that the balance of power between the two sides was broken.
After crossing the Qinling Mountains, facing the Guanzhong Plain, Luo Peijin only spent three days rushing to the outside of Qianzhou City.
Regarding the Sichuan Revolutionary Army's assistance, Shengyun was anxious. The bandits in Qianzhou City in front of him are already difficult enough, isn't this now another eight thousand, not to mention whether these newcomers can fight, but even if it is eight thousand pigs for you to catch in vain, it will take some time. As for the current situation, as the KMT grows bigger and bigger, he is becoming more and more worried.
The two stood on different positions and behaved differently. Zhang Yunshan was overjoyed by this, at this time he and Shengyun were already at the most critical moment, and the arrival of reinforcements made him full of confidence in the victory of this war. Although he is also from the Elders' Association, he is relatively open-minded and down-to-earth, far less than Wan Bingnan's fancy. Hearing that the reinforcements were outside the city, he, accompanied by his entourage, rushed to the station of the 4th Division to visit Luo Peijin on the same day.
When Zhang Yunshan was still a few kilometers away from the Fourth Division's station, he was intercepted by soldiers lurking nearby. While waiting for a reply, he looked at the soldier in front of him with curious eyes, wearing a well-fitting military overcoat, holding an unknown rifle in his gloved hands, and the cowhide bullet pouch on the belt around his waist was full of bullets.
Soon, under the leadership of a newly arrived staff officer of the Fourth Division, Zhang Yunshan continued to walk forward, and after arriving at the gate of the barracks, through the reminder of the staff officer beside him, he was surprised to find that the division commander was already waiting for him there.
"The commander of the Fourth Infantry Division of the Revolutionary Army, Luo Peijin, has met Commander Zhang." Luo Peijin stepped forward, gave a neat military salute, and said hello.
"Hello Master Luo." Zhang Yunshan saluted in the same way. Seeing that the officers and soldiers opposite were each dressed in a well-fitting green standard military coat, Zhang Yunshan's eyes showed a look of envy. Now that it is a cold winter, I am still fighting against the Qing army in such an environment, that is, I rack my brains every day for what the brothers eat, let alone wear it, so on my side, there are all kinds of clothes, and I wear everything.
"You are welcome to come to our Fourth Division as a guest, please inside."
"Then bother your ministry."
"Commander Zhang is polite, we came from afar, we should have gone to visit, but I didn't expect that Zhang Tong came first, I am really ashamed."
"Where is it, Division Commander Luo is polite, your troops have come from afar to support our army, and it should be me, the landlord, who came first."
The two of them had a lot of polite words, Zhang Nailiang saw that there was a tendency to continue, and immediately stepped forward with a smile and said: "Okay, you two don't continue to be polite here, it's very comfortable to stand here on a cold day and blow the northwest wind, isn't it?" ā
Hearing his political commissar say this, Luo Peijin blushed, but Zhang Yunshan was full of joy and felt that this political commissar of Rausch was quite angry with him.
Walking into the barracks of the Fourth Division, under the leadership of Luo Peijin and Zhang Nailiang, Zhang Yunshan and others walked directly to the headquarters of the Fourth Division. Halfway down, seeing several of his subordinates looking to the side, Zhang Yunshan subconsciously glanced over there, and at this look, Zhang Yunshan couldn't help but gasp, dozens of cannons of different sizes were neatly placed over there. After the battle that happened in Fengxiang a few days ago, he had also heard about the artillery of the Southwest Revolutionary Army, but he didn't expect that there would be so many. As a general who became a monk halfway, although he couldn't tell the difference between howitzers and mountain artillery, he still recognized the caliber of the cannon.
Zhang Yunshan can't speak anymore, it's too shocking! The entire Qin Longxing Han army doesn't have a few cannons! These Southwest Army are really rich. sighed in his heart, and followed Luo Peijin all the way forward.
At this time, it was the time to start the meal, seeing the scene of the Southwest Army queuing up to eat, Zhang Yunshan couldn't help but look at it twice, and was deeply speechless again, the enamel bowl is one in hand, and everyone still has an aluminum kettle, when cooking, a bowl of rice and a spoonful of cabbage stew, this is too good, right? Zhang Yunshan, who was basically numb, still sighed.