In 1919, on July 11, the 8th year of the Republic of China, the Northern Expeditionary Army launched an attack on Chang'an!

After being shocked to hear the news that all four divisions of the Zhensong Army had surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Chen Army, which was already demoralized, had no intention of fighting!

After only one day of fighting, on July 12, Chen's army abandoned Chang'an and fled in the direction of Xi'an.

The battle has been going on so far, and there is no point in it.

On the 12th, the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Chang'an.

Chen Shufan, who was in Xi'an, was in a panic, he had no fighting spirit, Xi'an was surrounded on all sides, and now he even lost the capital to negotiate.

The Northern Expeditionary Army did not rush to attack Xi'an immediately, they did not dare to fight, but wanted to do their best to protect the integrity of Xi'an, a historical city.

As with Liu Zhenhua, the ultimatum has been issued, and the time is slightly more relaxed, and it will be put on July 20.

Faced with the embattled situation, Chen Shufan knew that he could not do anything, and after the Northern Expeditionary Army promised to guarantee the safety of his life and his family, on July 18, the 8th year of the Republic of China, Chen Shufan, the overseer of Shaanxi, was electrified to go to the field.

On July 21, Wang Mingzhang, commander-in-chief of the Wumu Legion of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Bai Chongxi, chief of staff, entered Xi'an.

Shaanxi Recovery!!

Xi'an on this day is as lively as a festival. The streets were full of people who welcomed the Northern Expeditionary Army. Those people sang and danced, as if they were celebrating the festival and ushering in a great event.

Chen Shufan can only blame himself for the things he did when he was governing Shaanxi, forcing the cultivation of opium and forcibly raising taxes, which caused the people to live in poverty, and the people of Shaanxi hated him to the core.

Not only the people in Shaanxi, but even the students in Beijing, Shanghai and the Sanqin Citizens Salvation Association have also demanded the eradication of Chen Shufan, the root of Shaanxi!

Now it's finally good, Chen Shufan has fallen!

In the Overseer's Office, the two "old friends" of the former Shaanxi Overseer Chen Shufan and the former Shaanxi Provincial Governor Liu Zhenhua met again, but this time the meeting was somewhat embarrassing.

One is the Overseer of Shimono, and the other is the Governor of the Captured Province.

Wang Mingzhang still did not come forward, and it was Bai Chongxi, the chief of staff, who came forward to talk to them. Bai Chongxi did not sneer at them as a victor, but said from the bottom of his heart:

"With the current situation, the two of you can no longer stay in Shaanxi, what have you done in Shaanxi, I am afraid that I know in my heart, to be honest, if I leave you in Shaanxi, in case there is any safety problem with your person, we will not be able to explain it."

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua smiled awkwardly.

Maybe the other party is telling the truth, and it is too difficult to accept this way.

Bai Chongxi said with a smile: "You two can think of wherever you want, I promise that absolutely no one will stop you." ”

Chen Shufan sighed: "Sir Bai, once Shaanxi is defeated, we have nothing to say about the defeat, and now that your army has obtained Shaanxi, we also know our current situation." Speaking of which, we are still officials appointed by the Yanjing political axe, and now we don't have any other requirements, so we want to return to Yanjing, and ask Chief Bai to promise. ”

Bai Chongxi nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll prepare for the two of you!" ”

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua breathed a sigh of relief, after all, it was not too bad a result, and when they returned to Yanjing, they moved up and down, and there may be room for salvation

When Bai Chongxi was talking with Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua, Wang Mingzhang also met several senior commanders of the former Shaanxi Jing [***] Yu Youren and Hu Jingyi in another place.

At the most critical time in Jing, Shaanxi, it was the appearance of the Northern Expeditionary Army that rescued them from the crisis. After Yu Youren, Hu Jingyi and others saw Wang Mingzhang, they thanked him again and again.

Yu Youren sighed: "The Northern Expeditionary Army is unstoppable in the Shaanxi battlefield like a sweeping autumn wind, I thought that the commander must be an old and heavy-handed person, I don't want to see the commander-in-chief today, only to know that he is so young and promising!" ”

Wang Mingzhang smiled slightly and said politely:

"Shaanxi has been recovered, Shaanxi Jing [***] was reorganized into the 37th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, but before that, the 37th Division and the Zhensong Army had been confronted for a long time, exhausted, and suffered a lot of casualties, because they wanted to ask the 37th Division to temporarily retreat to the rear for rest and replenishment."

Hu Jingyi and Zhang Fang, the two actual commanders of Shaanxi Jing [***], actually knew that Wang Hengyue would inevitably reorganize his own troops after getting the Northern Expedition, but it didn't matter, the goal of driving Chen to drive Liu had been achieved, and it was better to hand over his troops to the Northern Expedition than to be wiped out by the Zhensong army.

The two quickly agreed.

"Ren Gong." After arranging this matter, Wang Mingzhang looked stunned, and respectfully took out a telegram and handed it to Yu Youren: "This is a telegram from the president to you." ”

Hearing that it was the telegram that the president personally gave him, Yu Youren was a little curious, and took it and looked at a few lines: "What, let me be the president of the Supervision Yuan?" ”

"Yes." Wang Mingzhang smiled slightly.

Yu Youren grabbed his beard and smiled.

He is an educator, a poet, a calligrapher, a journalist, and a revolutionary veteran, but he is not the material for leading troops to fight. When he was the commander-in-chief of this "Shaanxi Jing [***]", others were just taking advantage of their high morality.

Now the president of the South has hired himself as the president of the Supervision Yuan, firstly, because he respects himself, and secondly, he is willing to exercise his supervisory power.

smiled at the moment: "Since the president is so generous, how can I refuse?" ”

With the recovery of Shaanxi, the Northern Expeditionary Army and Shaanxi were full of joy, except for Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua, who had lost their rights and status!

They knew that the people of Shaanxi hated themselves to the core, so they did not dare to leave Shaanxi openly during the day, and only dared to quietly leave Xi'an at night under the escort of a few personal soldiers.

When he left the gate of Xi'an, Chen Shufan also deliberately looked back, and he didn't know if he could come back in the future.

After a night's journey, he was already far away from Xi'an at dawn, Liu Zhenhua suddenly let out a long sigh: "Not long ago, this was still our territory, but this time it has become a matter of people, Chen Dujun, oh, no, Brother Baisen, sad, sad!" ”

Chen Shufan smiled bitterly: "You and I are the same disease, the momentum of the Northern Expeditionary Army is so great, it is not for you and me to stop it." ”

"I don't know if going to Yanjing this time is a blessing or a curse." Liu Zhenhua turned the conversation to the topic: "If you and I can move up and down, through the relationship of those old friends in Yanjing City, we can't know if we will make a comeback." ”

Chen Shufan smiled indifferently: "I'm ready to unload my armor and return to the field, and I won't ask about military and political affairs anymore." ”

Old fox, Liu Zhenhua didn't believe it at all, and secretly scolded in his heart.

Suddenly, there was a whistle on the side, and then dozens of bandits with knives and guns in their hands rushed out!

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua were shocked, and the soldiers on the side also hurriedly raised their guns.

Chen Shufan had been the overseer of Shaanxi, and he had some courage, so he stepped forward and said:

"All the heroes, under is the former Shaanxi overseer Chen Shufan, passing by here today, I want to borrow a road from you, I know which bowl of rice you are eating, how much money to buy the road, just ask!"

"Chen Shufan, fucking Lao Tzu knows that you are Chen Shufan!" A bearded man at the head of the bandits shouted loudly: "Today, Lao Tzu and the brothers are deliberately intercepting you here, when you were the overseer of Shaanxi, you harmed the place, harmed Shaanxi, Lao Tzu and the brothers were forced by you to have no way to live, so they fell into the grass, I heard that you went into the wilderness, hehe, Lao Tzu and the brothers are waiting for you and Liu Zhenhua here, to eliminate harm for the people of Shaanxi!" ”

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua's faces changed drastically.

The bearded man held a gun in his hand and said to their own soldiers: "Brothers, what these two bastards have done, you know better than we do!" Today, the three mountains of my town are for the people, it is a brother's please make a way, I will never embarrass you, and it will be good to meet on the rivers and lakes in the future! ”

When the soldiers heard this, they looked at each other, hesitated for a long time, then put away their guns, hugged their fists at Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua together, and then actually rode away.

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua were shocked.

Sanshan of the bearded town laughed and said: "Chen Shufan, Liu Zhenhua, even if you all rebel and leave, you can't blame us, brothers, for Shaanxi to eliminate these two evils!" ”

"Wait, wait!" Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua screamed loudly in horror.

Unfortunately, Sanshan and his brothers in the opposite town had already raised their guns

The news that Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua were robbed and killed by bandits in the middle of the road caused a lot of waves in Shaanxi.

Far from being surprised, the people of Shaanxi cheered. The Northern Expeditionary Army can't kill them, but someone can!

These two people are really innocent of death, and it is not a pity to die!

The name of the three mountains of the town resounded all over Shaanxi.

However, some people wonder if the town of Sanshan was sent by the great president of the south? Even the Beiyang political axe condemned Wang Hengyue for this matter.

But this really wronged Wang Hengyue.

Wang Hengyue generally does not use the knife easily for such people, and most of the choices are to force them to go into the wilderness, at most let them go abroad.

Especially when it comes to buying off bandits, and then going to kill a Shimono Overseer and a Shimono Provincial Governor, Wang Hengyue will never do it! What's the point of killing such a person? It will only give his political opponents an excuse to attack him.

Wang Hengyue was also a little annoyed by this incident.

In fact, the murderers who really killed Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua were not Zhen Sanshan, but themselves.

If it weren't for the fact that they did so many bad things when they were powerful, offended so many people, and aroused the anger of the whole of Shaanxi, maybe there would not have been a disaster since then.

When a person is proud, he must accumulate some virtue for himself.

Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua died, and Shaanxi finally fell into the hands of Wang Hengyue!

Since the Northern Expedition has been carried out, the battlefields on all fronts have flourished, and reunification is no longer a distant thing!

(To be continued)