The resignations of Cao, Zhang, and Lu will not be able to save the situation in Beiyang!

In Shaanxi, with the end of the Tongguan offensive and defensive battle, the battle situation in Shaanxi was irreversible for Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua.

With the continuous fall of Zhen'an and Zhashui, the door of Xi'an has been opened!

Chen Shufan, who fought to the death, concentrated all his forces on the front line of Chang'an, which was his last battle in Shaanxi for this Shaanxi overseer, regardless of the victory or defeat of the Battle of Chang'an.

As for his future, Chen Shufan is not too worried, judging from Wang Hengyue's previous treatment of the overseers in various places, it is nothing more than going into the wilderness, at most adding a "foreign investigation".

It's not a big deal!

A large number of Northern Expeditionary troops appeared outside Chang'an, but they had no intention of attacking Chang'an immediately.

The entire Shaanxi battlefield, with the end of the offensive and defensive battle at Tongguan, presented a terrible silence.

The Northern Expeditionary Army is waiting, Chen Shufan is waiting, and Liu Zhenhua is waiting.

Beginning on June 28, Liu Zhenhua's negotiations with the Northern Expeditionary Army began urgently.

Wang Mingzhang still has only one request, hand over the Zhensong army, and everything else is easy to talk about!

Liu Zhenhua is still hesitating, although the current situation is already very unfavorable to him, the Zhensong army is already his everything, and if he loses his own opponent in the army, he can let himself fall at any time!

And until now, Liu Zhenhua still has one hope, that is, Zhao Qi, the overseer of Henan. Zhao Wei has a powerful armed force in his hands, with forty battalions of the Hongwei Army.

If Zhao Kui is willing to pull himself at this time, storm Tongguan, and take himself out, there may not be no possibility of successfully getting out of danger.

Unfortunately, this wish was quickly dashed!

Bai Chongxi guessed Liu Zhenhua's attempt, and on June 30, he sent a plane into Henan, circled over Henan a few times, and flew back again.

It's a threat!

Once Zhao Wei sent troops, then the next target of the Northern Expeditionary Army must be him!

Although Zhao Kui knew very well that as long as Shaanxi was defeated, the Northern Expeditionary Army would soon enter Henan. However, Zhao Wei has the idea of getting by, as long as the Northern Expeditionary Army does not enter Henan for a day, then he will not take care of Shaanxi's affairs for a day.

Liu Zhenhua's last glimmer of hope was also shattered!

On July 1, Wang Mingzhang, who had completely lost his patience, finally issued an ultimatum, and if he did not make a decision before July 3, he would close all negotiation channels, and the Northern Expeditionary Army should attack Chen Shufan first, and then destroy Liu Zhenhua!

As soon as the ultimatum came out, Liu Zhenhua was completely panicked.

Wang Mingzhang is not threatening, with the current strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they are fully capable of doing it!

Two hours after the ultimatum was issued, the planes of the Northern Expeditionary Army flew again to Sanyuan and stayed in the sky over the Zhensong Army for several minutes before swaggering away.

The attitude is already very clear, either accept the request of the Northern Expeditionary Army, or fight a decisive battle by force!

"The Northern Expeditionary Army is too hard, don't move that!" Looking at the ultimatum, Liu Zhenhua shook his head.

Zhang Zhigong, the commander of the second division of the Zhensong Army, hesitated there: "Governor, we still have the strength of four divisions in our hands, and if we join forces with Chen Shufan to fight to the death, we may not be able to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army!" ”

"Hit?" Liu Zhenhua pointed to the sky: "There are iron birds in the sky and iron cars on the ground in the Northern Expeditionary Army, how to fight?" Fujian, Hunan, plus a Shaanxi, Wang Hengyue divided into three routes of the Northern Expedition, all over the country is like a bamboo, once the formation of the encirclement, our army will not sooner or later become the turtle in the urn, in this case, it is better to find a way for yourself as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Zhigong cheered up: "I remember that during the Three Kingdoms, Cao Ying's soldiers invaded Jiangdong, Sun Quan intended to surrender, Zhou Yu persuaded him, we surrendered and can still be the original official, so what about the lord surrendered?" Governor, that's what it means now, once the governor surrenders, there will really be nothing! ”

Liu Zhenhua sighed: "This time, that time." In any case, they can still leave me the position of governor, which is barely enough, better than nothing! ”

"Governor, why are you so confused!" Zhang Zhigong was so anxious that he stomped his feet again and again: "They only give you a one-year period, and it doesn't matter after one year, even if it is a year, will they really be willing to let you be the governor of this province?" They are now just coercing you into agreeing to their terms. If my guess is right, as long as Shaanxi is certain, the first thing they will do is to cut you, and then it will be too late. ”

Liu Zhenhua paced back and forth there, his face turned white and red, and he suddenly stopped his steps: "I have made up my mind, I will definitely not be able to fight, it is better to take advantage of the fact that I still have a little capital and accept all the conditions of the Northern Expeditionary Army!" ”

Zhang Zhigong's expression was gloomy, and he didn't persuade anymore, sighed softly, and walked out slowly.

Outside, Han Yukun, the commander of the Third Division, had been waiting there for a long time, and when he saw Zhang Zhigong coming in, he hurriedly asked, "What's going on inside?" ”

Zhang Zhigong did not answer, but asked: "Do you have any family in Henan?" ”

Han Yukun nodded inexplicably.

Zhang Zhigong smiled miserably: "Hurry up and leave the army, take advantage of the fact that you will quietly run back to Henan now, leave the army with your family, and never eat this bowl of rice again." ”

Han Yukun looked at his companion in a daze, and didn't understand the meaning for a while.

Zhang Zhigong pointed to the headquarters: "The provincial governor is ready to surrender, although we have no fear of life, but the Northern Expeditionary Army will inevitably find all kinds of excuses to reorganize us and others, since we are going to be humiliated like this in the future, what are we going to do here?" ”

Han Yukun opened his mouth wide, unable to say a word, and asked for a long time, "What about you?" ”

"Me?" Zhang Zhigong sneered: "I don't want to leave yet"

Thinking of Zhang Zhigong's character, Han Yukun's heart sank, looked around, pulled Zhang Zhigong aside and whispered: "Lao Zhang, you and I have been brothers for so many years, don't hide anything you have in your heart." ”

Zhang Zhigong also lowered his voice: "Runqing, do you believe me?" ”

Han Yukun nodded vigorously.

Zhang Zhigong said coldly: "I originally persuaded him to raise four divisions of troops and fight to the death with the Northern Expeditionary Army, but Liu Zhenhua was greedy for life and afraid of death, and was only willing to covet immediate interests and not listen to advice, so why should we continue to follow him?" He will sue for peace with the Northern Expeditionary Army, won't you and me? ”

Han Yukun was stunned for a moment, and then reacted to Zhang Zhigong's meaning, and his face changed color: "You mean that we will do it to the governor first?" ”

Zhang Zhigong nodded: "Do you think the Northern Expeditionary Army really cares about a Liu Zhenhua?" They are just trying to get Shaanxi at the lowest cost, as long as you and I control the army and surrender to the Northern Expeditionary Army, wouldn't it be more promising than following Liu Zhenhua? ”

Most of the officers and soldiers of the Zhensong army are "swordsmen", that is, bandits, and they naturally unite when they are profitable.

At this time, Zhang Zhigong said what he thought in his heart, and Han Yukun didn't hesitate for a moment, and muttered slightly: "We can control the two divisions, but what about Chai Yunsheng and Wu Yanzhou?" ”

"I thought about it just now." Zhang Zhigong sneered: "Now the first division is being dragged in Tongguan and can't get out, and Wu Yanzhou is confronting the enemy on the Sanyuan front, as long as we take the lead and control Liu Zhenhua, everything will be easy!" ”

Han Yukun nodded frequently, without hesitation: "Lao Zhang, you say, I will do whatever you say, I will listen to you for everything!" ”

"Good!" Zhang Zhigong's tone was solemn: "We will start tomorrow at night, I will lead a regiment to rush into the headquarters and control Liu Zhenhua, and you will command your troops and closely monitor Wu Yanzhou's Fourth Division. As long as he can succeed, there will only be one Chai Yunsheng left, and his troops have already suffered a lot of vitality in Tongguan, and it is expected that it will not be successful! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Han Yukun: "Runqing, whether you can keep the glory and wealth of the future depends on this once!" ”

In 1919, on the night of July 2, the 8th year of the Republic of China, the Zhensong Army mutiny occurred!

That night, the second division and the third division mutinied at the same time, and the commander of the second division, Zhang Zhigong, with a regiment of troops, suddenly rushed into Liu Zhenhua's headquarters, and suddenly attacked, and captured the defenseless Liu Zhenhua in just a few minutes!

Liu Zhenhua, who was still dreaming of being a governor, would never have imagined that his subordinates who trusted him so much would betray him.

But it's already too late.

Zhang Zhigong, who controlled Liu Zhenhua, immediately announced that the Zhensong Army had changed course, and the second and third divisions had been renamed the National Revolutionary Army, and they got in touch with the Northern Expeditionary Army at the first time.

And Chai Yunsheng and Wu Yanzhou, who were struggling with the enemy in Zhengsanyuan and Tongguan, suddenly smelled the bad news and were immediately shocked on the spot.

Now, if you want to go back to the division to rescue, it's too late.

On July 3, that is, the moment when the ultimatum time of the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived, the 1st Division of Chai Yunsheng and the 4th Division of Wu Yanzhou of the Zhensong Army also made the wisest choice:

Surrender to the Northern Expeditionary Army!

At this point, the title of Zhensong Army ceased to exist with the collective surrender of the four divisions!

Wang Mingzhang immediately ordered the four divisions of Tou Cheng, under the unified command of Zhang Zhigong, to approach the direction of Xianyang and form an encirclement of Xi'an!

At the same time, he also ordered Sun Lianzhong's 82nd Regiment to join forces with the 37th Division of Sanyuan to closely monitor the movement in the direction of Henan.

The situation in Shaanxi was completely changed with the surrender of the Zhensong army, at this time in Shaanxi, the power of the Northern Expeditionary Army had spread all over Shaanxi, and Chen Shufan, who was still struggling to support in Xi'an, had lost all reinforcements at this time.

Subsequently, the armies of all walks of life successively arrived in Xianyang, Weinan and other places, and the encirclement pattern of Xi'an has been formed.

On July 11, 1919, the Northern Expeditionary Army launched a final attack on Chang'an under the command of Wang Mingzhang!

(To be continued)