Sun Lianzhongcheng's ban on smoking has caused great repercussions in Shaanxi.

The Northern Expeditionary Army, like the legend, opposed opium, banned opium, developed farmland, restored the economy, and stabilized order. Such an army is trustworthy!

After the ban on smoking, Sun Lianzhong did not stay too much in Chenggu, but commanded the 82nd Regiment to take Yangxian directly.

On the one hand, morale is high with successive victories, and on the other hand, morale is low because of successive defeats. The battle of Yangxian had lost its meaning from the beginning.

Sun Lianzhong's troops had swept through Chenggu and Yangxian in a row, and they were unstoppable. And Sun Lianzhong also fulfilled his promise.

On the day of the capture of Yangxian, Sun Lianzhong ordered his subordinates to prepare a table of wine and food, waiting for the arrival of Commander-in-Chief Wang Mingzhang and Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi.

"Good Sun Lianzhong, say three days for three!"

In the midst of laughter, Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi walked in together.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, chief of staff, Sun Lianzhong's wine and food have been prepared, please eat!"

Sun Lianzhong's loud answer made Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi's laughter even louder, the two sat down, and saw that Sun Lianzhong was about to get the wine bottle, Bai Chongxi had already picked it up first, sat down according to Sun Lianzhong, and personally poured wine for Sun Lianzhong: "Commander Sun, I have already discussed it with the commander-in-chief when I came, you are a great hero this time, we have to respect you." ”

The three bowls were filled with wine, and Wang Mingzhang raised the wine bowl: "Come, Commander Sun, you have succeeded immediately, even take Chenggu and Yangxian, we will celebrate your success with this cup!" ”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Staff!" Sun Lianzhong stood up.

The three of them drank it all in one gulp, and Bai Chongxi said while refilling the wine: "There is another good news to tell you, when we came, Liu Zhenhua had already made secret contact with our 37th Division, guess what conditions he proposed?" ”

Sun Lianzhong shook his head in confusion.

Bai Chongxi said with a smile: "He said that he was willing to cooperate with us, in addition to stopping the attack on the 37th Division, and he could also turn to attack Chen Shufan, but the request was that we should retain his position as the governor of Shaanxi Province and keep his army." ”

"Absolutely not." Sun Lianzhong didn't think about it and said, "I know Liu Zhenhua, we have heard a lot about it when we were under Master Feng. This man is capricious at both ends. During the Second Revolution, Huang Xing, the leader of the Kuomintang, sent a representative from Nanjing to Henan and Shaanxi with secret letters to contact Liu Zhenhua, Zhang Fenghui, and Zhang Fang to oppose Yuan. Liu Zhenhua not only did not dare to oppose Yuan, but took the opportunity to flatter Yuan Shikai. After receiving Huang Xing's letter first, he immediately sent people to kill the messenger on the way to Shaanxi, and told Yuan Shikai Huang Xing's letter to Zhang Fenghui and Zhang Fang, so as to gain Yuan Shikai's trust. In the same year, Bai Lang, a peasant in Baofeng County, Henan, led a large-scale peasant rebellion and was active in western Henan, fighting against Yuan's army, and Liu Zhenhua was also ordered to lead Zhensong's army to suppress it. Bai Lang was killed in the battle of Baofeng Lushan. After Liu Zhenhua learned of Bai Lang's burial place, he sent someone to cut off Bai Lang's head, and fabricated 'the process of killing Bai Lang', and 'reported the victory' to Yuan Shikai, and was rewarded with 100,000 yuan in silver, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by Yuan Shikai and won five medals. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Lianzhong was even more angry: "After this person arrived in Shaanxi, he quickly colluded with Chen Shufan, opened the tobacco forbidden area, and planted opium on a large scale, even if such a person surrenders now, he will rebel in the long run!" ”

Bai Chongxi nodded slightly and said: "Yes, Liu Zhenhua is now forced to surrender, since he arrived in Shaanxi, he took advantage of the opportunity of encircling and suppressing Jing [***], incorporated Guo Jian's troops into the direct subordinate troops of the governor, and also annexed the counties in central and western Guan. When Liu Zhenhua first arrived in Shaanxi, there were no more than three soldiers and no more than 2,000 guns, and in a short period of time it grew to tens of thousands. After we entered Shaanxi, Chen Shufan's situation was difficult, as a guest living in Shaanxi, Liu Zhenhua knew very well that he was in the same boat as Chen Shufan, and he did not want Chen Shufan to fall, but at a critical moment, he could not help but plan for himself. ”

Bai Chongxi took a sip of the wine bowl: "This time, he just saw that our army was advancing wildly and already felt a huge threat, so he had to want to negotiate peace with us." We have also put forward the condition that the provincial governor can give it to him, but the troops must be reorganized by the National Revolutionary Army, and the appointment of officers must be approved by us, and I expect that he will not agree."

Wang Mingzhang said: "Therefore, the chief of staff set up a combat plan, sent a force to attack Tongguan to cut off the retreat of Liu Zhenhua and Zhensong's army, and then ordered the 37th Division to forcibly attack. ”

Sun Lianzhong immediately understood what Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi meant, stood up and said loudly: "Commander-in-chief, chief of staff, my eighty-second regiment is willing to accept the task!" ”

"Sit, sit." Wang Mingzhang let him sit down: "Tongguan is stationed with a regiment of the Zhensong Army, the strength is equal to yours, if the hard attack cannot be successful, but will be surrounded, you must be thoughtful how to fight." ”

Sun Lianzhong was silent, silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "I think about it." ”

Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi didn't ask him how to fight, but just picked up the wine bowl again: "Commander Sun, if you can get Tongguan, you can force land Liu Zhenhua, you are the first hero to capture Shaanxi!" ”

The wine has not yet been cold, and the soldiers have moved!

As soon as the order was given, the entire 82 regiment was already moving!

Those soldiers who had just entered Yangxian County and had not had time to rest were quickly assembled again.

As if in a race, the troops left Yangxian in a hurry, and rushed towards Tongguan like a wind.

From Yangxian to Tongguan, a distance of more than 800 miles, this long journey, without the assistance of trucks, and at the same time pay attention to concealment, can only rely on the two feet of the brothers to run out!

In order to cooperate with the 82nd Regiment in the battle, Wang Mingzhang also deliberately slowed down the attack on the frontal enemy, and deliberately gave Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua a chance to breathe.

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua also did not expect that the Northern Expeditionary Army would divide the strength of a regiment and raid Tongguan for thousands of miles.

In their opinion, the Northern Expeditionary Army was tired and did not want to fight

The Northern Expeditionary Army did not move, and the Chen Army and the Zhensong Army also took advantage of this rare opportunity to readjust their deployment, and Shaanxi, since the Northern Expeditionary Army entered, entered a rare period of calm

And taking advantage of this time, Liu Zhenhua also resumed the attack on the 37th Division.

Originally, Liu Zhenhua was also forced to negotiate with the Northern Expeditionary Army, but now the offensive of the Northern Expeditionary Army has suddenly slowed down, which also makes Liu Zhenhua have a very strong illusion:

The Northern Expeditionary Army was nothing more than that, one drum, then it declined, and then it was exhausted.

And if the Northern Expeditionary Army stopped the Northern Expedition, it would give itself a great opportunity. He is now officially sitting on the throne of the governor of Shaanxi, but his foundation in Shaanxi is unstable, and now the opportunity has come.

Feng Yuxiang has been defeated, and Chen Shufan must do his best to deal with the challenge from the Northern Expeditionary Army, even if the Northern Expeditionary Army stops attacking at this time, Chen Shufan does not dare to be careless.

His main forces are all concentrated on the front line!

As long as he can defeat Jing [***], that is, the so-called 37th Division that accepts the reorganization, and then wait for the Northern Expeditionary Army to withdraw from Shaanxi, and then give him a stab behind Chen Shufan's back, the overall situation can be decided!

With 20,000 horses, you can be a soil emperor anywhere!

Once this idea was decided, the crazy attack on the 37th Division of Mihara was launched in an instant!

Liu Zhenhua launched a full-scale attack on Sanyuan with Chai Yunsheng, the first division of the Zhensong Army, and the entire Mahe Qing division of the first mixed brigade of the Shaanxi Army.

The fighting was fierce.

The 37th Division, which had been holding out in Sanyuan and other places for a long time, faced the desperate attack of the Zhensong army, and briefly fell into chaos at the beginning of the outbreak of the war, but soon recovered and desperately defended Sanyuan under the command of Zhang Fang.

After learning of Liu Zhenhua's treachery, Wang Mingzhang had already anticipated this, and immediately ordered the plane to fly to Sanyuan again to help in the war.

The plane's re-arrival made the Sanyuan defenders jubilant. This latest weapon on the Chinese battlefield does not bring much damage, but morale and confidence.

Seeing the bomb explode on the position of the Zhensong Army, bursts of cheers rang out from the mouths of the officers and men of the 37th Division.

Zhen Songjun hid and fled in embarrassment, constantly muttering curses this damn chicken that will "lay eggs" in the air, oh no, it's not a chicken, it's an airplane!

Zhang Fu made a decision immediately, and immediately ordered to counterattack with the main force!

In the midst of the chaos, the counterattack was extremely effective. The Zhensong Army was actually beaten by the 37th Division and lost two positions in a row when it had an absolute advantage in numbers.

This was the first and most successful counterattack launched by the 37th Division after the siege of Mihara.

The two planes in the sky, circling in the air a few times, seemed to salute the soldiers on the ground, which also caused even greater cheers.

The plane then flew away, quickly turning into two black dots and disappearing into the sky

Zhen Songjun was terrified, God knows when this terrible thing will come again, and when it will "lay eggs" on top of his head again.

And Zhang Fu, who won the victory of the counterattack, did not send any troops to stay on the position, but withdrew all his troops to Sanyuan and continued to hold the place!

With his current strength, in addition to taking advantage of the chaos of the other party to launch a sneak attack, it is not enough to pose a real threat to the Zhensong army. But after this blow, Liu Zhenhua and his Zhensong army believe that their arrogance will also be dealt a heavy blow.

Sure enough, for two whole days, the Zhensong army did not make any moves, and it was not until the third day that the Zhensong army, which had barely recovered, launched an offensive against Sanyuan again.

But Liu Zhenhua will not believe in any case, what will he bring to himself in the past few days of delay, and what kind of impact will it have on the entire battle situation.

At this time, Sun Lianzhong and his 82nd regiment were one step closer to their final destination, Tongguan!

(To be continued)