The turmoil in the bank has been resolved, and the issuance of banknotes is also proceeding in an orderly manner, and Wang Hengyue has refocused on the Northern Expedition!

"Wu Peifu's offensive is very fierce." Jiang Baili walked back from the map: "The northern army marched into Hunan on two routes, Changsha and Yuezhou suffered from the enemy, and the southern army was very unfavorable in the situation of resisting the northern army. The morale of the Hunan army was severely hit. As early as when the Southern Army entered and occupied Yuezhou, the generals of the Hunan Army advocated taking advantage of the victory to attack Wuhan, and at least to occupy the favorable terrain in southern Hubei as a peripheral stronghold of Yuezhou, but this suggestion was not adopted.

After the Northern Army launched an attack, Changsha City found that the commander of the self-coalition army had actually escaped, and the whereabouts of the superior officers of the Hunan Army were unknown, and Changsha was in a state of no political axe. Changsha has changed hands several times in the past few years, and every time the northern and southern armies 'change guards', there is always a vacuum in between, and in that interval, the groups in Changsha always have to organize an organization such as a maintenance association, but this time, because of the rumors that Zhang Jingyao's army had killed and plundered, the local people of prestige were held back. At the same time, the soldiers at the front retreated, and there was no one to take care of them, so they could not find their commanders, nor could they find a place to eat or lodge. Tired and hungry, he was furious, and he was indignant for a while, so he wantonly looted all the shops and residences in Changsha City, first in the commercial centers around Octagonal Pavilion, Huangdao Street, and Pozi Street, and then spread throughout the city, one group went, and one group came again, causing the shops to close their doors, and the streets went on strike, and many shops posted such a statement outside the doors: 'The store has been robbed, and there is no goods to meet the market'. The citizens of Changsha were extremely disappointed with the Hunan army defending them this time."

Wang Hengyue held his chin and listened very carefully:

"The direct army entered Changsha without resistance, and after Wu Peifu captured Changsha, he pursued the southern army, rushed to Xiangtan, and handed Changsha over to Zhang Jingyao, the commander of the seventh division of the Northern Army."

"Zhang Jingyao? Changsha is in trouble. Wang Hengyue sighed.

"Yes, Zhang Jingyao has always been known for his brutality, and as soon as he arrives, Changsha will not be at peace." Jiang Zhongzheng flipped through the documents in his hand and said:

"Zhang Jingyao has never been on the front line, he only went to Jiujiang to supervise the division after conquering Yuezhou, extorted huge sums of money along the way, interfered in the people's financial affairs, the army arrested the soldiers, and asked for flower girls, the foreign correspondent sent a telegram to describe it like this: 'This generation is not enough to suppress bandits, but there is more than enough to suppress the people. The Pingjiang military robbery was done by the ministry. There are many women who commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river, and the north and south have seen the enemy country, and they hate the southerners because of their hatred of the southern army, and the Hunan people are like conquered people. Most of the northerners in the camp were thieves between Xu Huai, and they sat on the ground with the northern soldiers to share the spoils, but the third division did not'. ”

Wang Hengyue sneered, didn't speak, and listened to Jiang Baili continue to report:

"After the Northern Army occupied Changsha, it advanced in three directions. The Central Route Direct Army attacked Hengshan and Hengyang, the Seventh Division on the right flank attacked Xiangxiang and Baoqing, and the Second Route Army on the left flank attacked Liling and Youxian. Under the command of Wu Peifu, the direct army originally marched fast and the offensive was fierce, but it slowly slowed down, which was a conflict between Cao Kun and Xu Shuzheng, which affected the mood of the direct army, and at the same time, because the armies on the left and right flanks could not be as fast as the middle road, and could not cooperate, so the Wu army did not dare to go deep alone. However, the Hunan army also retreated quickly, and on April 24, the direct army entered Hengyang without blood. ”

Jiang Baili paused there:

However, the Second Route Army, which served as the left flank offensive, was carried away by the victory, thinking that as long as it advanced, it would be victorious, so the march was extremely slow, but it was also changed to a fast attack and rapid advance. Therefore, on April 26, Zhao Hengti and Liu Jianfan's troops of the Hunan army counterattacked the northern army that was following them, and the Ma Ji department of the Gui army, which had retreated to Shaoguan, was also quickly transferred back to meet the Hunan army. The Hunan army has only 3,000 people, the Gui army is only 10,000 people, but the second route army of the northern army has more than 20,000 people, and it is on the sharp spirit of taking advantage of the victory, but Zhao Hengti's Hunan and Gui army actually launched a counteroffensive, and regained Youxian in one fell swoop, and then raised Ke Liling, Zhang Huaizhi's general Shi fled from Bincanghuang, Zhao army and the northern army fought fiercely in the loess ridge, annihilating the northern soldiers, the first division of the Lu army fled to Changsha, and the sixth mixed brigade of the Soviet army and the Anwu army fled to Pingxiang, and they did not care about each other. Along the way, the common people of Hunan were treated as plainclothes teams of the Southern Army, indiscriminately, burning, killing, looting, and doing everything. From Youxian and Liling to Zhuzhou and Yijiawan, it has become a smoky sea of fire."

Hearing this, Wang Hengyue stood up: "The most bitter thing in the war is the people, the southern army has robbed the northern army, and the northern army has robbed the southern army and then continues to rob, after the war, it is full of devastation." ”

Jiang Zhongzheng took advantage of the situation and said: "But this also has favorable conditions for our Northern Expedition to Sichuan!" ”

The corners of Wang Hengyue's mouth seemed to be smiling: "How about other aspects?" ”

Jiang Baili cleared his throat: "The defeat of Zhang Huaizhi's division on the left wing of the Northern Army in Xiangdong shook Changsha. Zhang Jingyao urgently responded to the situation and sent the soldiers of the Seventh Division to supplement the Second Regiment to perform police duties, and Tong Guoan, the head of the regiment, concurrently served as the head of the police department, and also set up a provincial detective department, employing a large number of eagle dogs to search for spies of the Southern Army, indiscriminately arresting and killing, and severely tortured. Changsha has become a world of horror. Especially at night, Zhang Jingyao's ministry used the excuse of searching for disorderly parties, trespassing into people's homes, extortion, and doing everything.

Families above the middle class in Changsha have fled to the countryside, while those below the middle class have fled to the countryside. Zhang Jingyao brazenly boasted that the Seventh Division was strictly disciplined, and Qiu did not commit any crimes, and it was a teacher of benevolence. The people were not allowed to complain about the illegal acts of the Northern Army, otherwise they would be considered spies sent by the Southern Army. The local newspapers in Changsha did not dare to expose the atrocities of the Northern Army head-on, but they all used a subtle way to report on how the ruffians with different mouths were lawless. So that the reader can see at a glance that it is the Northern Army.

Zhang Jingyao's rule, for the Hunan people, is even more terrifying than the era of Zhu Tang Qianming, the Hunan people are strong, the people are pure, and they can't imagine that they have been continuously catastrophic. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Baili sighed softly, as if he couldn't wait to leave now and start the Northern Expedition, calming down his emotions:

"When the Northern Army was defeated in Hunan, Zhang Jingyao asked for help from Yanjing one after another, and if I used troops, I would order the front-line troops to counterattack with all their might, and take a pincer offensive from the left and right flanks to attack Changsha, and the possibility of recovering Changsha is very large. As a result, Wu Peifu's Northern Army on the Hengyang side was prominent, and it had to retreat quickly. However, this time, the northern and southern armies had to fight a decisive battle with the main force in the Changsha area, which was unwilling by the coalition forces on the front line. ”

Wang Hengyue smiled and said, "Because there is no Chief of General Staff Jiang among them. ”

Jiang Baili also smiled slightly, and then said: "In order to support Zhang Jingyao, Xu Shuzheng, who was in Hankou, sent Guo Fen, the commander of the Feng Army, to lead a brigade and a regiment to quickly reinforce Xiangdong, and the direct army also transferred troops from Hengyang back to Xiangdong, so the Hunan army retreated rapidly to the south after the victory of the counteroffensive, and on May 1, Liu Jianfan, the Hunan army, fell into the water and drowned when crossing the river in Zhuzhou. ”

Wang Hengyue set his eyes on Yang Fangyun of the Intelligence Bureau, and Yang Fangyun immediately said when he saw it:

Zhang Huaizhi was very ridiculous, after the defeat in Xiangdong, he retreated from Pingxiang to Zhangshu Town, and then from Zhangshu Town to Hankou. He claimed that the old disease had recurred, and that bandits were rampant in Shandong, and that he had to rush back, so he sent a telegram to Duan Qirui, and Baoju Xu Shuzheng led the Feng army to take over the defense of Xiangdong and serve as the commander of the second route. Xu Shuzheng was not on the front line, so he resolutely refused to give in, and he promoted Zhang Jingyao or Chen Guangyuan, and even Cao Kun was the commander of the first and second roads.

There were two reasons for his request, the first was that he was not sure of fighting on the front line, and the second was that he was afraid that his old man would be robbed by others, because after he left Shandong, Zhang Shuyuan, the commander of the Fifth Division, took care of the Shandong overseers. The Beiyang warlords are all nursed first and then really eliminated, Zhang Shuyuan naturally does not want Zhang Huaizhi to return to office, Zhang Huaizhi is on the front line, his heart is in Shandong, and he can't wait to return to Lu immediately, which is why he resolutely wants to go. And Duan Qirui felt that at this time, Yi Shuai on the front line was very faceless, and at the same time, he couldn't find a suitable person to replace the second commander, so he proposed a guarantee to him in the name of the State Council. At the same time, he promised that if the second route was insufficient, he could continue to send reinforcements, and hoped that he would immediately go from Hankou to Jiangxi to preside over the military.

Since the first battle in eastern Hunan, the northern army did not dare to go deeper, and the southern army did not dare to counterattack, and the Hunan battlefield suddenly calmed down from the hot war. ”

"The battlefield in Hunan has calmed down, but we are not at peace here." 蒋百利interface says:

At the same time as the Northern Army attacked Hunan, the Duan Cabinet ordered Chen Guangyuan, the overseer of Jiangxi, and Li Houji, the overseer of Fujian, to open up two battlefields to attack Guangdong. Although Chen Guangyuan was the main peace faction, the trend of the times was the same, and he had to follow the main battle and send troops.

Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu, sent Yang Chunpu, the commander of the 19th Division, to lead his troops to Jiangxi, and Chen Guangyuan also sent Wu Hongchang, the commander of Gannan Town, to attack Nanxiong. The southern army defending Nanxiong was Zhang Kairu, and he retreated without a fight. From late April onwards, Nanxiong engaged in several tug-of-wars, but none of them were fierce. Because Chen Guangyuan's purpose was only to deal with the main battle faction, and he did not actively attack.

There was also no major development on the Fujian-Guangdong border, and the Duan cabinet sent Li Houji, the overseer of Fujian, as the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army, and Tong Baoxuan, commander of the First Division of the Zhejiang Army, as the deputy commander. On April 26, Li Houji set up a headquarters in Xiamen, and Zhao'an, Yunxiao, Pinghe and other counties all declared martial law, but Li Houji did not dare to fight alone, so it also became a stalemate! ”

"They want a stalemate, but I don't want a stalemate!" Wang Hengyue stood up and said slowly: "The first phase of our reorganization of the army has been roughly completed, I think we can take the initiative to attack!" ”

"yes, that's what I thought too."

Wang Hengyue pondered there for a while, and then resolutely said:

"Order, Yang Sen's department is looking for fighters, taking the initiative to attack, waiting for the opportunity to annihilate the first part of the Fujian and Zhejiang Army, pushing the battlefield to Fujian, and at the same time paying close attention to the movement in the direction of Hunan, and preparing for the Northern Expedition at any time!"

(To be continued)