In the afternoon, the heavy rain in the two provinces of Liaoji in the northeast continued, because the heavy rain has lasted for nearly a day.

Roads in Liaoji Province began to become muddy.

After fierce fighting for most of the day, water accumulated to the knees outside the city of Changchun, which had a serious impact on the siege troops.

Reinforcements read the 28th Brigade Brigade Headquarters.

Brigade Commander Ding Chao was sitting sullenly and smoking in the brigade headquarters when an adjutant suddenly walked in with a telegram in his hand and some mysteriously.

Without waiting for Ding Chao to ask, the adjutant came over and said in a low voice: "Brigade seat, Young Marshal Zhang is calling." ”

"What?" Ding Chao was shocked when he heard this, and he looked at the boss and asked urgently: "What instructions does the young marshal have?" ”

The adjutant did not speak, but handed the telegram in his hand to Ding Chao.

Ding Chao took the telegram and opened it to read it quickly, his face changed for a while, and he said hesitantly: "Now Harbin has Zhao Zhenhe, deputy commander of the 24th Brigade of Reading Power, guarding it, if we forcibly withdraw the troops, although we can avoid losses, but we are bound to turn against Li Du, won't we have nowhere to go?" ”

"Brigade seat, now that it is raining heavily, the cost of forcibly attacking Changchun is too great, and if we continue to fight like this, our 28th Brigade will be finished, and now that there is a telegram from the young marshal, we can clearly show Li Du, Xing Zhanqing and others, and they will not dare to force them." The adjutant suggested.

"The young marshal, this retreat message can't be sent to me alone." A hint of cunning flashed in Ding Chao's eyes, and he said to the adjutant: "In this way, we will not move now, and wait for me to see how Li Du and Xing Zhanqing react." ”

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The Headquarters of the Coalition Forces Aiding Shenyang and the Brigade Headquarters of the 24th Brigade of Reading Power.

Li Du put down the telegram in his hand with a heavy heart, lit a cigarette and frowned, he couldn't figure it out, Zhang Shaoshuai was sitting on hundreds of thousands of elite divisions, and first ordered the defenders of Liao Province not to resist, but fortunately Zhang Xinghan turned the tide. And now that Shenyang is in an emergency again, it is in danger, he doesn't send troops to reinforce, and he even has to lead his troops to withdraw to Yilan, Li Du really doesn't understand why, as the actual leader of the three eastern provinces, why did he do this? ”

In addition to being confused, Li Du was also completely disappointed in Zhang Shaoshuai.

Just when he was disheartened, Xing Zhanqing, the commander of the 26th Brigade of Reading Force, hurriedly walked into the headquarters.

"Brother Kuijiu, what's the matter?" Li Du got up and asked.

Xing Zhanqing raised a telegram in his hand abruptly, and said very excitedly: "Brother Zhichu, the young marshal just sent me a telegram ordering me to lead the 26th Brigade to withdraw to Harbin, what do you say I should do?" ”

Li Du smiled bitterly and said, "I also received the young marshal's retreat order." ”

"What? Did you receive it too? Xing Zhanqing couldn't help but snort coldly: "It's just playing the piano randomly, damn it, now Shenyang is in danger, Xiqia and Jixing, Li Guilin and others are plotting treason and defecting to the enemy, at such a critical juncture, the young marshal actually ordered us to withdraw to our original station?" I really don't know what he thinks! ”

Li Du was thinking about how to appease him, when footsteps sounded outside again, and Xing Zhanqing turned around and looked up to see that Ding Chao had already walked in with his adjutant.

"Brother Jiechen, you're here too." Li Du greeted politely.

Ding Chao walked up to the two with a solemn face, and asked tentatively: "Brother Zhichu, Brother Kuijiu, have you received the telegram from the young marshal?" ”

Xing Zhanqing blurted out without thinking: "Received, Xing really can't understand, why did the young marshal let us retreat?!" ”

Ding Chao disagreed, turned to Li Du and asked, "What do you think about this, Zhichu?" ”

Li Du didn't answer, and asked instead, "Brother Jiechen, what about you?" What are you going to do? ”

"Since the young marshal has an order, as soldiers, we should obey it, after all, this is our duty." Ding Chao said deliberately.

"What about Shenyang? Can't be saved? Xing Zhanqing was stunned when he heard this.

"Of course, Shenyang is in urgent need of rescue, but the young marshal has an order here, as a soldier in the Northeast, how can we disobey the young marshal's military order?" Ding Chao said pretendedly.

"If we don't reinforce Shenyang, then Shenyang City is very likely to fall into the hands of the army, how serious is the consequences, has Brother Jie Chen thought about it?" Li Du said.

Ding Chao fell silent when he heard this, and after a long time, he raised his head and said, "Ding has a way that I don't know if it is feasible or not. ”

"What's the solution? Brother Ding said quickly. Xing Zhanqing was a hurry, urging.

"Two, now the two provinces of Liaoji and Jilin have a wide range of continuous rain, the roads are muddy, not to mention that we are blocked in Changchun, even if we capture Changchun at this time, if the large army wants to reinforce Shenyang, it will not be able to arrive in a moment and a half."

Ding Chao paused when he said this, and seeing that the two of them did not mean to interrupt, he continued: "Instead of this, we should ask Commander Sa to lead his cavalry regiment around Changchun, the cavalry is coming and going like the wind, and there is our main force, so we don't have to worry about the rear at all, so we will go to Shenyang as soon as possible, and we will be able to reach Shenyang in less than two days."

And our three brigades can also take the opportunity to return to Harbin, take a short rest, and it is not too late to make plans after the weather is clear, so that we can not only solve the urgent need of Shenyang, but also not disobey the military orders of the young marshal, and get the best of both worlds. ”

Xing Zhanqing had already taken Li Duma as the leader, he did not express his position, but turned his head to look at Li Du, waiting for him to make a decision.

The same is true for Ding Chao.

Li Du pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Jiechen's method is not unreasonable, it is feasible to send a cavalry regiment to bypass Changchun to aid Shenyang, but if you withdraw to Harbin, Li believes that it is absolutely impossible." ”

"Brother Zhichu? Why can't Harbin be withdrawn? Do you want to disobey the orders of the young marshal? Ding Chao was a little angry.

Li Du met Ding Chao's slightly resentful gaze, and said righteously: "Brother Jiechen, the ancients had clouds, and they would be outside, and the military orders were not subject to it, and now it is said that Kou intends to swallow my three eastern provinces, and the army is besieging Shenyang, as a soldier in the Northeast, we should give a helping hand, and join forces with the defenders of Shenyang to resist the enemy, the young marshal is willing to give up the three eastern provinces, and ruthlessly abandon the 30 million Northeast fathers, his military order, from now on, Li will never dare to accept it!" ”

"You?!" Ding Chao pointed at Li Du angrily and stopped talking, and finally walked away angrily.

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In Changchun City, the headquarters of the 23rd Brigade.

Li Guilin's adjutant was very vigilant and handed him an urgent telegram from Beiping.

"Brigade, the young marshal is in a hurry." The adjutant explained.

"Who? Young marshal? Li Guilin was taken aback and quickly stood up.

The adjutant nodded, and Li Guilin opened the message with a complicated mood.

"Brother Xinshan, in the 13th year of the Republic of China, in order to cover the safe retreat of the main force of my Feng army, I personally led the division of the first brigade to resist the direct army in Machang. When my father was born, I remembered my brother's loyalty, and my special brother was the commander of the 23rd Brigade of Reading Force, and he wanted to rely on Honggu to monitor and contain Jixing and Xiqia.

Now the situation in Shenyang is confusing, brother should lead the officers and soldiers of the department to stick to Changchun, and when the time is ripe, Han Qing will personally lead the main force of our Northeast Army back to Shenyang.

Zhang Hanqing, September 28, 20th year of the Republic of China, said in Beiping. ”

After Li Guilin read Zhang Shaoshuai's heartfelt and heartfelt message, he recalled the kindness and importance of the Zhang family to him in the past, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Crying bitterly, Nan knelt down: "Young marshal, I'm sorry for your and the marshal's promotion and love." ”

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Outside the city, Ding Chao was so angry that after returning to his brigade headquarters with the adjutant, he took out a letter that had been prepared a long time ago, and said to the adjutant: "You enter the city immediately and give this letter to Xiqia in my name." ”

"Yes!" The adjutant took the order and left.

Ding Chao gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Li Du, you are stubborn, you forced me." ”

Harbin can't go back, and Zhang Shaoshuai ordered the reinforcement of Shen's troops to retreat, the meaning is very clear.

I don't know what to do, I have to disobey the order to rush to help Shenyang, Ding Chao naturally won't go on an adventure with him, and now Changchun has Xiqia Jixing and others leading the troops to hold on, and it is urgent to get down.

Under such unfavorable circumstances, in Ding Chao's opinion, Zhang Xinghan is doomed, and Shenyang will definitely be lost, and he has to find a way out for himself in advance!